Rathdowney

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 434 people in Rathdowney of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rathdowney was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Rathdowney aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rathdowney was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Rathdowney, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rathdowney was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Rathdowney 24.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 31.4% in secondary school and 5.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rathdowney were Australian 37.9%, English 30.3%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 6.3% and German 4.4%.

In Rathdowney, 85.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.9%, Austria 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Ireland 0.9%.

In Rathdowney, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rathdowney were Anglican 28.6%, Catholic 26.8%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 13.9% and Buddhism 1.6%.

In Rathdowney 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Irish 0.7%, German 0.7%, Swedish 0.7% and Samoan 0.7%.

Employment

There were 188 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rathdowney. Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 33.0% were employed part-time and 10.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rathdowney, 14.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rathdowney was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Rathdowney included Managers 27.4%, Labourers 16.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Professionals 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5% and Sales Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Rathdowney, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.5%, School Education 6.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.3% and Accommodation 5.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rathdowney was $406.

In Rathdowney, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.0%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 4.1%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.8%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rathdowney, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.9% 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 Rathdowney, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rathdowney, 32.8% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 18.9% were one parent families.

In Rathdowney 23.8% of single parents were male and 76.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rathdowney, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Rathdowney, of couple families with children, 24.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rathdowney, 76.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 23.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rathdowney, 93.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 6.6% were other dwellings.

In Rathdowney, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rathdowney, 45.8% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Rathdowney, of all households, 68.7% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 7.2% were group households.

In Rathdowney, 36.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Rathdowney, 31.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rathdowney, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 71 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 Rathdowney, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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