Scenic Rim (R)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 36,456 people in Scenic Rim (R) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Scenic Rim (R) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Scenic Rim (R) aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scenic Rim (R) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Scenic Rim (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scenic Rim (R) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Scenic Rim (R) 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scenic Rim (R) were English 31.0%, Australian 29.1%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 7.8% and German 7.7%.

In Scenic Rim (R), 80.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, New Zealand 3.4%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Scenic Rim (R), 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scenic Rim (R) were Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 21.0%, Catholic 20.1%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Lutheran 3.5%.

In Scenic Rim (R) 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.5%, Dutch 0.2%, French 0.2%, Japanese 0.2% and Korean 0.2%.

Employment

There were 17,126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scenic Rim (R). Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scenic Rim (R), 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scenic Rim (R) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Scenic Rim (R) included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 16.2%, Professionals 14.3%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8% and Sales Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Scenic Rim (R), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.0%, Residential Care Services 2.5% and Road Freight Transport 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scenic Rim (R) was $493.

In Scenic Rim (R), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.5%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 4.0%, Truck 2.2% and Other 0.9%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scenic Rim (R), of people aged 15 years and over, 74.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Scenic Rim (R), 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scenic Rim (R), 40.5% were couple families with children, 44.4% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Scenic Rim (R) 19.9% of single parents were male and 80.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scenic Rim (R), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,922 and those without children was $1,610.

Employment status of couple families

In Scenic Rim (R), of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scenic Rim (R), 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scenic Rim (R), 93.7% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Scenic Rim (R), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scenic Rim (R), 36.0% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Scenic Rim (R), of all households, 75.7% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Scenic Rim (R), 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Scenic Rim (R), 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scenic Rim (R), there were 932 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 446 (or 47.9%) were male and 486 (or 52.1%) were female. The median age was 19 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Scenic Rim (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,115.

In Scenic Rim (R), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.