Park Ridge

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,328 people in Park Ridge 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 Park Ridge was 54 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 33.2% of the population.

Of people in Park Ridge aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Park Ridge was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Park Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Ridge was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Park Ridge 23.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Ridge were English 31.0%, Australian 24.7%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 5.9% and Chinese 4.5%.

In Park Ridge, 62.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.8%, New Zealand 5.2%, Taiwan 4.1%, Scotland 1.4% and Netherlands 1.3%.

In Park Ridge, 49.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 39.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Ridge were Anglican 24.0%, Catholic 18.9%, No Religion 17.5%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Park Ridge 80.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 5.6%, Vietnamese 1.2%, Dutch 0.8%, German 0.6% and Slovak 0.6%.

Employment

There were 847 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Ridge. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Ridge, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Park Ridge was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Park Ridge included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Labourers 13.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Professionals 10.4%, Managers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Park Ridge, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Building Completion Services 2.5%, School Education 2.4% and Hospitals 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Ridge was $402.

In Park Ridge, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Truck 4.4%, Walked only 3.1% and Bus 2.5%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Ridge, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Park Ridge, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Ridge, 29.0% were couple families with children, 57.9% were couple families without children and 12.6% were one parent families.

In Park Ridge 17.3% of single parents were male and 82.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Ridge, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,015 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Ridge, of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Park Ridge, 92.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Ridge, 92.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 6.1% were other dwellings.

In Park Ridge, of occupied private dwellings 4.8% had 1 bedroom, 30.5% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Ridge, 63.0% were owned outright, 14.5% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Ridge, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 34.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Park Ridge, 46.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Park Ridge, 46.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Ridge, there were 45 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 60.0%) were male and 18 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Park Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Park Ridge, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $395 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $650.