Ripon (Western Victoria)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 50,416 people in Ripon (Western Victoria) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Ripon (Western Victoria) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.6% of the population.

Of people in Ripon (Western Victoria) aged 15 years and over, 50.5% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ripon (Western Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% 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 Ripon (Western Victoria) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Ripon (Western Victoria) 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 24.7% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ripon (Western Victoria) were English 32.7%, Australian 32.2%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 8.5% and German 3.3%.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ripon (Western Victoria) were No Religion 26.2%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Ripon (Western Victoria) 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Greek 0.1% and French 0.1%.

Employment

There were 21,953 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ripon (Western Victoria). Of these 55.6% were employed full time, 32.5% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ripon (Western Victoria), 12.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ripon (Western Victoria) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Ripon (Western Victoria) included Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Labourers 14.9%, Professionals 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Ripon (Western Victoria), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1%, Hospitals 5.8%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ripon (Western Victoria) was $435.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 1.4% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ripon (Western Victoria), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.1% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Ripon (Western Victoria), 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ripon (Western Victoria), 38.5% were couple families with children, 45.4% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Ripon (Western Victoria) 18.8% of single parents were male and 81.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ripon (Western Victoria), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,747 and those without children was $1,470.

Employment status of couple families

In Ripon (Western Victoria), of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ripon (Western Victoria), 84.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ripon (Western Victoria), 93.4% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ripon (Western Victoria), 44.9% were owned outright, 32.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ripon (Western Victoria), of all households, 68.2% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), 35.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Ripon (Western Victoria), 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ripon (Western Victoria), there were 533 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 287 (or 53.8%) were male and 246 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Ripon (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $729.

In Ripon (Western Victoria), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $166 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.