Rankin Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,451 people in Rankin Park of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Rankin Park was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Rankin Park aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rankin Park was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rankin Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rankin Park was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Rankin Park 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 22.6% in secondary school and 24.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rankin Park were English 30.9%, Australian 30.8%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.5% and German 2.7%.

In Rankin Park, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, New Zealand 0.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, Sri Lanka 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

In Rankin Park, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rankin Park were No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 23.1%, Catholic 22.9%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Rankin Park 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Tamil 0.5%, Greek 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,270 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rankin Park. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rankin Park, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rankin Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rankin Park included Professionals 30.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.4%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.9%.

Of the employed people in Rankin Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Hospitals 5.9%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rankin Park was $654.

In Rankin Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Motorbike/scooter 1.3%, Walked only 1.3% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rankin Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Rankin Park, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rankin Park, 43.3% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Rankin Park 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rankin Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,553 and those without children was $2,321.

Employment status of couple families

In Rankin Park, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rankin Park, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rankin Park, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rankin Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 62.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rankin Park, 44.0% were owned outright, 43.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Rankin Park, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Rankin Park, 14.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.1% 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 Rankin Park, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rankin Park, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 62.5%) were male and 9 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 33 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 Rankin Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Rankin Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,210.