Botanic Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,728 people in Botanic Ridge of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Botanic Ridge was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.8% of the population.

Of people in Botanic Ridge aged 15 years and over, 58.5% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Botanic Ridge was 41 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Botanic Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Botanic Ridge was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Botanic Ridge 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.4% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Botanic Ridge were English 31.8%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 7.0% and German 2.9%.

In Botanic Ridge, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.0%, New Zealand 2.3%, South Africa 1.2%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

In Botanic Ridge, 57.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Botanic Ridge were No Religion 35.8%, Catholic 26.4%, Anglican 18.9%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.7%.

In Botanic Ridge 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, German 0.8%, Spanish 0.6% and Greek 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,073 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Botanic Ridge. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 25.6% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Botanic Ridge, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Botanic Ridge was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Botanic Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Professionals 14.8%, Managers 13.9%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Botanic Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 4.1%, Residential Building Construction 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, School Education 3.1% and Building Completion Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Botanic Ridge was $858.

In Botanic Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 75.0%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train 2.2%, Truck 0.8% and Train, car as driver 0.8%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Botanic Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.0% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.7% 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 Botanic Ridge, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Botanic Ridge, 55.1% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 6.6% were one parent families.

In Botanic Ridge 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Botanic Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,189 and those without children was $2,260.

Employment status of couple families

In Botanic Ridge, of couple families with children, 33.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 31.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Botanic Ridge, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Botanic Ridge, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Botanic Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 21.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Botanic Ridge, 8.0% were owned outright, 84.1% were owned with a mortgage and 6.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Botanic Ridge, of all households, 92.5% were family households, 6.6% were single person households and 0.9% were group households.

In Botanic Ridge, 5.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.4% 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 Botanic Ridge, 12.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 65.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Botanic Ridge, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 4 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 Botanic Ridge, 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 Botanic Ridge, 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.