Middle Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,561 people in Middle Ridge of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Middle Ridge was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.5% of the population.

Of people in Middle Ridge aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Middle Ridge was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Middle Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Middle Ridge was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Middle Ridge 34.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 22.5% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Middle Ridge were Australian 28.0%, English 27.7%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.7% and German 7.7%.

In Middle Ridge, 78.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.7%, South Africa 1.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, Zimbabwe 0.7% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Middle Ridge, 73.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Middle Ridge were Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 20.7%, No Religion 10.5%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Christian, nfd 5.3%.

In Middle Ridge 86.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.9%, Mandarin 0.7%, Arabic 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and Tamil 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,186 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Middle Ridge. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Middle Ridge, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Middle Ridge included Professionals 27.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Managers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Labourers 5.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Middle Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.7%, Hospitals 4.9%, Tertiary Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Defence 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Middle Ridge was $719.

In Middle Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.9%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 1.3%, Bicycle 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.6%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Middle Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.5% 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 Middle Ridge, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Middle Ridge, 48.1% were couple families with children, 43.2% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Middle Ridge 18.9% of single parents were male and 81.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Middle Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,491 and those without children was $2,152.

Employment status of couple families

In Middle Ridge, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Middle Ridge, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middle Ridge, 95.1% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Middle Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 1.4% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 17.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Middle Ridge, 42.0% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 19.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Middle Ridge, of all households, 83.4% were family households, 15.1% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Middle Ridge, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.3% 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 Middle Ridge, 26.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Middle Ridge, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 43.1%) were male and 29 (or 56.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Middle Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,949.

In Middle Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $288 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,329.