Rye Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Rye Park of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rye Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Rye Park aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rye Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Rye Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rye Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Rye Park 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.5% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rye Park were Australian 43.3%, English 31.8%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 5.7% and New Zealander 1.3%.

In Rye Park, 89.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.6% and New Zealand 1.7%.

In Rye Park, 84.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rye Park were Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 20.6%, Uniting Church 20.6%, Anglican 13.0% and Christian, nfd 6.7%.

In Rye Park 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 111 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rye Park. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 36.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rye Park, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rye Park was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rye Park included Labourers 19.0%, Managers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Professionals 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Rye Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 30.2%, School Education 8.5%, Residential Care Services 6.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rye Park was $408.

In Rye Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.2%, Car, as passenger 9.3%, Motorbike/scooter 4.7%, Other 3.7% and Truck 2.8%. 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 61.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rye Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.9% 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 Rye Park, 31.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rye Park, 40.9% were couple families with children, 51.5% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Rye Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,199 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Rye Park, of couple families with children, 13.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rye Park, 74.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rye Park, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.3% were other dwellings.

In Rye Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 49.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rye Park, 53.3% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Rye Park, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rye Park, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.3% 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 Rye Park, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rye Park, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Rye Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rye Park, 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.