Pine Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 292 people in Pine Ridge of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Pine Ridge was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Pine Ridge aged 15 years and over, 58.9% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pine Ridge was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Pine Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pine Ridge was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Pine Ridge 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pine Ridge were English 39.2%, Australian 32.2%, Scottish 10.7%, Irish 9.5% and German 1.7%.

In Pine Ridge, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.1%, England 1.0%, South Africa 1.0%, Thailand 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Pine Ridge, 89.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pine Ridge were Anglican 45.0%, Catholic 19.2%, No Religion 16.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.5% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

In Pine Ridge 97.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 176 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pine Ridge. Of these 66.5% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pine Ridge, 5.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pine Ridge was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Pine Ridge included Managers 47.4%, Labourers 15.8%, Professionals 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.1% and Sales Workers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Pine Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 61.6%, School Education 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.9% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pine Ridge was $555.

In Pine Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 38.5%, Walked only 10.9%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Other 1.7% and Bus, car as passenger 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pine Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.9% 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 Pine Ridge, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pine Ridge, 47.1% were couple families with children, 46.0% were couple families without children and 6.9% were one parent families.

In Pine Ridge 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pine Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $1,291.

Employment status of couple families

In Pine Ridge, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 29.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pine Ridge, 77.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pine Ridge, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pine Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.7% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pine Ridge, 42.2% were owned outright, 15.5% were owned with a mortgage and 37.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Pine Ridge, of all households, 71.8% were family households, 28.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pine Ridge, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Pine Ridge, 28.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pine Ridge, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 58.3%) were male and 5 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Pine Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,962.

In Pine 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 $1,036.