Rankins Springs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 299 people in Rankins Springs of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Rankins Springs was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Rankins Springs aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 6.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rankins Springs was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Rankins Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rankins Springs was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Rankins Springs 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rankins Springs were Australian 30.1%, English 29.0%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 8.0% and German 4.7%.

In Rankins Springs, 86.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Philippines 5.1%, Italy 1.7%, England 1.3% and Germany 1.3%.

In Rankins Springs, 80.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rankins Springs were Anglican 26.8%, Catholic 24.1%, Uniting Church 13.4%, No Religion 10.4% and Lutheran 7.0%.

In Rankins Springs 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 4.4% and Tagalog 1.7%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rankins Springs. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rankins Springs, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rankins Springs was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Rankins Springs included Managers 42.5%, Labourers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Professionals 7.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Sales Workers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Rankins Springs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.8%, School Education 4.2%, Other Livestock Farming 3.5%, Motor Vehicle Parts and Tyre Retailing 3.5% and Fuel Retailing 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rankins Springs was $466.

In Rankins Springs, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 40.0%, Walked only 6.9%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Bicycle 2.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 43.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rankins Springs, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.3% 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 Rankins Springs, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rankins Springs, 55.3% were couple families with children, 31.6% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Rankins Springs 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rankins Springs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,571 and those without children was $3,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Rankins Springs, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rankins Springs, 73.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rankins Springs, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Rankins Springs, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rankins Springs, 47.1% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Rankins Springs, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 30.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rankins Springs, 32.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Rankins Springs, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rankins Springs, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Rankins Springs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

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