Riddells Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,753 people in Riddells Creek of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Riddells Creek was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Riddells Creek aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Riddells Creek was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Riddells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Riddells Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Riddells Creek 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Riddells Creek were English 31.6%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 9.7%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.4%.

In Riddells Creek, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and Italy 0.4%.

In Riddells Creek, 69.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Riddells Creek were No Religion 29.8%, Catholic 28.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Riddells Creek 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Maltese 0.5%, Greek 0.4% and Turkish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 2,118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Riddells Creek. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Riddells Creek, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Riddells Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Riddells Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Professionals 19.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Managers 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Riddells Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.6%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Riddells Creek was $673.

In Riddells Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Train 6.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, car as driver 1.4% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 9.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Riddells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Riddells Creek, 30.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Riddells Creek, 55.5% were couple families with children, 33.9% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Riddells Creek 23.2% of single parents were male and 76.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Riddells Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,308 and those without children was $2,164.

Employment status of couple families

In Riddells Creek, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 28.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Riddells Creek, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riddells Creek, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Riddells Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Riddells Creek, 36.6% were owned outright, 53.2% were owned with a mortgage and 8.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Riddells Creek, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Riddells Creek, 12.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Riddells Creek, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Riddells Creek, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 52.9%) were male and 8 (or 47.1%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Riddells Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,133.

In Riddells Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.