Regency Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,097 people in Regency Downs of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Regency Downs was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Regency Downs aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Regency Downs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Regency Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Regency Downs was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Regency Downs 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were in primary school, 17.2% in secondary school and 9.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Regency Downs were Australian 34.0%, English 30.6%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 6.6% and German 6.3%.

In Regency Downs, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 3.1%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.4% and Philippines 0.3%.

In Regency Downs, 72.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Regency Downs were No Religion 24.7%, Anglican 21.3%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Lutheran 3.7%.

In Regency Downs 92.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Khmer 0.2%, Maori (Cook Island) 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 863 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Regency Downs. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Regency Downs, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Regency Downs was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Regency Downs included Labourers 17.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.7%, Professionals 9.1% and Managers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Regency Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.5%, School Education 3.7% and Residential Care Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Regency Downs was $449.

In Regency Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 2.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.8% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Regency Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Regency Downs, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Regency Downs, 43.2% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Regency Downs 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Regency Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,884 and those without children was $1,547.

Employment status of couple families

In Regency Downs, of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 14.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Regency Downs, 93.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regency Downs, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Regency Downs, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 9.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Regency Downs, 24.3% were owned outright, 52.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Regency Downs, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Regency Downs, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Regency Downs, 27.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Regency Downs, there were 111 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 42.3%) were male and 64 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Regency Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Regency Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $298 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.