Rand

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 575 people in Rand of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Rand was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Rand aged 15 years and over, 60.3% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rand was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Rand, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rand was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Rand 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 6.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rand were Australian 35.8%, English 27.1%, Scottish 8.5%, German 8.5% and Irish 8.2%.

In Rand, 91.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Rand, 93.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rand were Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 12.3%, No Religion 11.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.6%.

In Rand 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.7% and Filipino 0.5%.

Employment

There were 283 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rand. Of these 74.9% were employed full time, 19.1% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rand, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 68.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rand was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Rand included Managers 60.7%, Labourers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Professionals 5.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Rand, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.9%, School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 1.8% and Road Freight Transport 1.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rand was $425.

In Rand, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.6%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Other 2.5% and Car as driver, truck, motorbike/scooter 1.4%. 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 44.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rand, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.6% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.3% 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 Rand, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rand, 52.7% were couple families with children, 36.3% were couple families without children and 8.9% were one parent families.

In Rand 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rand, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $949 and those without children was $1,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Rand, of couple families with children, 35.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.2% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rand, 76.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rand, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Rand, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rand, 56.5% were owned outright, 26.7% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Rand, of all households, 73.8% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rand, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Rand, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rand, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 29.4%) were male and 12 (or 70.6%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Rand, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Rand, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.