Redland Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,624 people in Redland Bay of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Redland Bay was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Redland Bay aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Redland Bay was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Redland Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Redland Bay was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Redland Bay 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.9% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Redland Bay were English 33.1%, Australian 28.4%, Irish 7.7%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.6%.

In Redland Bay, 75.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, New Zealand 5.2%, South Africa 1.7%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.6%.

In Redland Bay, 59.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Redland Bay were Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 21.9%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Redland Bay 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 7,023 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Redland Bay. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Redland Bay, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Redland Bay was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Redland Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Professionals 14.1%, Managers 13.6%, Sales Workers 10.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Redland Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Building Installation Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Redland Bay was $644.

In Redland Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Bus 2.2%, Truck 1.7% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 5.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Redland Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.6% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Redland Bay, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Redland Bay, 50.4% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Redland Bay 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Redland Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,303 and those without children was $2,005.

Employment status of couple families

In Redland Bay, of couple families with children, 23.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Redland Bay, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redland Bay, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Redland Bay, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.9% had 2 bedrooms and 31.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Redland Bay, 27.6% were owned outright, 45.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Redland Bay, of all households, 85.8% were family households, 12.1% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Redland Bay, 15.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.9% 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 Redland Bay, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Redland Bay, there were 288 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 140 (or 48.6%) were male and 148 (or 51.4%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Redland Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,696.

In Redland Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $430 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,597.