Red Cliffs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,625 people in Red Cliffs of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Red Cliffs was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Red Cliffs aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Red Cliffs was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Red Cliffs, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Red Cliffs was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Red Cliffs 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Red Cliffs were Australian 32.8%, English 29.6%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 7.0% and Italian 5.8%.

In Red Cliffs, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Italy 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Turkey 0.5% and Germany 0.3%.

In Red Cliffs, 77.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Red Cliffs were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 21.0%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Red Cliffs 88.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.1%, Turkish 0.8%, Tongan 0.4%, Hungarian 0.4% and Samoan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,074 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Red Cliffs. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Red Cliffs, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Red Cliffs was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Red Cliffs included Labourers 19.2%, Managers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Professionals 12.0%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Red Cliffs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 12.1%, Beverage Manufacturing 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.0%, School Education 4.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Red Cliffs was $416.

In Red Cliffs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 3.6%, Truck 1.3% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Red Cliffs, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.4% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Red Cliffs, 23.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Red Cliffs, 42.0% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In Red Cliffs 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Red Cliffs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,649 and those without children was $1,399.

Employment status of couple families

In Red Cliffs, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Red Cliffs, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Cliffs, 90.9% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Red Cliffs, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Red Cliffs, 33.0% were owned outright, 37.1% were owned with a mortgage and 25.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Red Cliffs, of all households, 69.6% were family households, 28.4% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Red Cliffs, 35.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Red Cliffs, 32.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Red Cliffs, there were 114 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 58 (or 50.9%) were male and 56 (or 49.1%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Red Cliffs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $556.

In Red Cliffs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,105.