Raymond Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 540 people in Raymond Island of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Raymond Island was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 43.9% of the population.

Of people in Raymond Island aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 15.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Raymond Island was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Raymond Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Raymond Island was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Raymond Island 15.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 25.9% in secondary school and 8.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Raymond Island were English 32.5%, Australian 28.0%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 9.4% and German 5.3%.

In Raymond Island, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, Germany 3.7%, Netherlands 2.0%, New Zealand 1.7% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Raymond Island, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 25.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Raymond Island were No Religion 30.3%, Anglican 23.8%, Catholic 12.6%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Raymond Island 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 3.5%, Greek 0.7%, Maltese 0.7%, French 0.6% and Spanish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Raymond Island. Of these 40.1% were employed full time, 47.2% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Raymond Island, 23.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 27.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Raymond Island was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Raymond Island included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.5%, Managers 15.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.6%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Labourers 8.9%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Raymond Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.9%, Building Installation Services 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Raymond Island was $385.

In Raymond Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.1%, Ferry, car as driver 22.4%, Walked only 3.7%, Ferry 3.0% and Car, as passenger 3.0%. On the day, 32.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 38.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Raymond Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.2% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.8% 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 Raymond Island, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Raymond Island, 20.5% were couple families with children, 70.2% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Raymond Island 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Raymond Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Raymond Island, of couple families with children, 5.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.0% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Raymond Island, 46.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 53.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Raymond Island, 96.9% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Raymond Island, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Raymond Island, 64.1% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Raymond Island, of all households, 65.8% were family households, 30.2% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Raymond Island, 36.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.8% 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 Raymond Island, 39.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Raymond Island, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 54.5%) were male and 5 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Raymond Island, 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 $350.

In Raymond Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $520.