Main Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 469 people in Main Ridge of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Main Ridge was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Main Ridge aged 15 years and over, 66.7% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Main Ridge was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Main Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Main Ridge was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Main Ridge 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 28.9% in secondary school and 12.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Main Ridge were English 33.4%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 10.0% and German 3.7%.

In Main Ridge, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.4%, Scotland 0.8%, United States of America 0.8%, Hungary 0.6% and Ireland 0.6%.

In Main Ridge, 67.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Main Ridge were No Religion 31.9%, Anglican 17.4%, Catholic 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Main Ridge 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Serbian 1.3%, German 0.6%, Greek 0.6%, Hungarian 0.6% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 240 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Main Ridge. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 42.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Main Ridge, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Main Ridge was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Main Ridge included Managers 26.5%, Professionals 26.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Labourers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Main Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, Poultry Farming 4.2%, Medical Services 4.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.8% and School Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Main Ridge was $693.

In Main Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 2.5% and Other 1.7%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 62.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Main Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.3% provided care for children and 14.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.4% 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 Main Ridge, 31.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Main Ridge, 44.6% were couple families with children, 46.9% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Main Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,650 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Main Ridge, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 10.6% had both employed part-time and 26.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Main Ridge, 58.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Main 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 Main Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 4.7% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Main Ridge, 50.3% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Main Ridge, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Main Ridge, 14.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.9% 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 Main Ridge, 20.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Main Ridge, 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 Main Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Main 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.