Park Ridge South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,778 people in Park Ridge South of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Park Ridge South was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Park Ridge South aged 15 years and over, 59.5% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Park Ridge South was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Park Ridge South, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Park Ridge South was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Park Ridge South 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Park Ridge South were Australian 29.6%, English 28.2%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.8%.

In Park Ridge South, 73.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.2%, New Zealand 4.6%, Taiwan 1.0%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8% and Croatia 0.7%.

In Park Ridge South, 57.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Park Ridge South were Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 20.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.8% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Park Ridge South 84.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Khmer 1.7%, Mandarin 1.5%, Hmong 1.1%, Croatian 1.0% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 959 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Park Ridge South. Of these 64.3% were employed full time, 27.3% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Park Ridge South, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Park Ridge South was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Park Ridge South included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.2%, Professionals 9.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Park Ridge South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 6.1%, School Education 4.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Hospitals 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Park Ridge South was $608.

In Park Ridge South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Truck 5.9%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bus 2.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Park Ridge South, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% 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, 15.4% 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 South, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Park Ridge South, 55.1% were couple families with children, 34.4% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Park Ridge South 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Park Ridge South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,220 and those without children was $2,015.

Employment status of couple families

In Park Ridge South, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 24.7% 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 South, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Ridge South, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Park Ridge South, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 27.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Park Ridge South, 34.5% were owned outright, 53.3% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Park Ridge South, of all households, 88.3% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Park Ridge South, 13.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Park Ridge South, 13.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Park Ridge South, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 50.0%) were male and 16 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 South, 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 $2,833.

In Park Ridge South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.