Rydal

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 188 people in Rydal of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Rydal was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Rydal aged 15 years and over, 46.6% were married and 20.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rydal was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Rydal, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rydal was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Rydal 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 23.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rydal were English 33.7%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 15.2%, Scottish 13.0% and Filipino 1.5%.

In Rydal, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.1%, Brazil 1.6%, Italy 1.6%, Netherlands 1.6% and Papua New Guinea 1.6%.

In Rydal, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rydal were Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 25.4%, No Religion 22.2%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.3%.

In Rydal 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Portuguese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rydal. Of these 52.8% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rydal, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rydal was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Rydal included Managers 24.7%, Professionals 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Labourers 6.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Rydal, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.0%, Coal Mining 7.0%, Accommodation 4.0%, Other Livestock Farming 3.0% and Other Mining Support Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rydal was $534.

In Rydal, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.0%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 3.0%, Truck 3.0% and Train, bicycle 3.0%. On the day, 3.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 47.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rydal, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.8% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.7% 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 Rydal, 36.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rydal, 50.0% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Rydal, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $1,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Rydal, of couple families with children, 24.4% had both partners employed full-time, 8.9% had both employed part-time and 26.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rydal, 84.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rydal, 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.3% were other dwellings.

In Rydal, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rydal, 40.8% were owned outright, 32.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Rydal, of all households, 73.9% were family households, 26.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rydal, 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Rydal, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rydal, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Rydal, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rydal, 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.