Riverstone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 96,448 people in Riverstone of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Riverstone was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Riverstone aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Riverstone was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Riverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Riverstone was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Riverstone 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 23.0% in secondary school and 19.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Riverstone were Australian 24.1%, English 20.5%, Indian 6.2%, Irish 5.5% and Filipino 4.5%.

In Riverstone, 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 5.6%, Philippines 4.1%, England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9% and Fiji 1.4%.

In Riverstone, 42.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Riverstone were Catholic 32.6%, Anglican 18.0%, No Religion 12.1%, Hinduism 5.5% and Islam 3.5%.

In Riverstone 68.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 3.1%, Punjabi 2.8%, Tagalog 2.5%, Arabic 1.4% and Filipino 1.3%.

Employment

There were 51,211 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Riverstone. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Riverstone, 8.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Riverstone was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Riverstone included Professionals 20.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Managers 12.3%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Riverstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Riverstone was $705.

In Riverstone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Train 5.5%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bus 3.7% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 14.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Riverstone, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.6% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.1% 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 Riverstone, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Riverstone, 58.6% were couple families with children, 25.4% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Riverstone 15.9% of single parents were male and 84.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Riverstone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,424 and those without children was $2,248.

Employment status of couple families

In Riverstone, of couple families with children, 30.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 23.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Riverstone, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riverstone, 84.6% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Riverstone, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 6.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riverstone, 20.2% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 24.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Riverstone, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 14.1% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Riverstone, 13.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.0% 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 Riverstone, 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Riverstone, there were 1,824 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 978 (or 53.6%) were male and 846 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Riverstone, 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 $1,209.

In Riverstone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $288 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,227.