Blaxlands Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 464 people in Blaxlands Ridge of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Blaxlands Ridge was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Blaxlands Ridge aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 13.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Blaxlands Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Blaxlands Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Blaxlands Ridge was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Blaxlands Ridge 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Blaxlands Ridge were Australian 34.9%, English 33.0%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 5.0% and German 3.5%.

In Blaxlands Ridge, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, South Africa 1.3%, Costa Rica 0.6%, Hungary 0.6% and Malta 0.6%.

In Blaxlands Ridge, 70.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Blaxlands Ridge were Anglican 32.4%, Catholic 30.0%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Pentecostal 2.4%.

In Blaxlands Ridge 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 0.9%, Spanish 0.9%, Croatian 0.9% and German 0.6%.

Employment

There were 266 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Blaxlands Ridge. Of these 60.5% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Blaxlands Ridge, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Blaxlands Ridge was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Blaxlands Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Professionals 14.4%, Managers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Labourers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Blaxlands Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.6%, Residential Building Construction 4.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%, Building Installation Services 2.7% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Blaxlands Ridge was $658.

In Blaxlands Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.0%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 3.5%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Blaxlands Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.2% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Blaxlands Ridge, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Blaxlands Ridge, 61.1% were couple families with children, 28.2% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Blaxlands Ridge 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Blaxlands Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,316 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Blaxlands Ridge, of couple families with children, 17.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 32.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Blaxlands Ridge, 92.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blaxlands Ridge, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

In Blaxlands Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 32.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Blaxlands Ridge, 25.4% were owned outright, 66.7% were owned with a mortgage and 7.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Blaxlands Ridge, of all households, 93.7% were family households, 3.2% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Blaxlands Ridge, 6.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.4% 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 Blaxlands Ridge, 7.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Blaxlands Ridge, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 60.0%) were male and 4 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Blaxlands Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Blaxlands Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,933.