Railway Estate

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,956 people in Railway Estate of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Railway Estate was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Railway Estate aged 15 years and over, 32.7% were married and 14.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Railway Estate was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Railway Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Railway Estate was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Railway Estate 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.4% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 27.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Railway Estate were Australian 31.3%, English 27.5%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.7% and German 5.0%.

In Railway Estate, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, England 2.8%, Philippines 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and United States of America 0.5%.

In Railway Estate, 67.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Railway Estate were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 27.3%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Railway Estate 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tokelauan 0.5%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Greek 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,701 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Railway Estate. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Railway Estate, 9.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Railway Estate was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Railway Estate included Professionals 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Labourers 11.0%, Managers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Railway Estate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.4%, Defence 3.2% and State Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Railway Estate was $722.

In Railway Estate, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 7.7%, Bicycle 3.2%, Motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Railway Estate, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Railway Estate, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Railway Estate, 33.3% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 22.3% were one parent families.

In Railway Estate 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Railway Estate, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,127.

Employment status of couple families

In Railway Estate, of couple families with children, 26.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Railway Estate, 89.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Railway Estate, 71.8% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Railway Estate, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 39.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Railway Estate, 23.5% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 41.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Railway Estate, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 7.1% were group households.

In Railway Estate, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Railway Estate, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Railway Estate, there were 206 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 95 (or 46.1%) were male and 111 (or 53.9%) 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 Railway Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,010.

In Railway Estate, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $208 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,356.