Ringtail Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 180 people in Ringtail Creek of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ringtail Creek was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Ringtail Creek aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 22.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ringtail Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Ringtail Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ringtail Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Ringtail Creek 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ringtail Creek were English 38.7%, Australian 30.1%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.5%.

In Ringtail Creek, 74.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 10.0%, New Zealand 3.9%, Indonesia 1.7% and Ireland 1.7%.

In Ringtail Creek, 65.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ringtail Creek were No Religion 36.1%, Anglican 15.6%, Catholic 11.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0% and Christian, nfd 3.9%.

In Ringtail Creek 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 84 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ringtail Creek. Of these 40.5% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 14.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ringtail Creek, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ringtail Creek was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Ringtail Creek included Managers 19.2%, Labourers 16.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.1%, Professionals 13.7%, Sales Workers 11.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Ringtail Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.8%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 6.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ringtail Creek was $394.

In Ringtail Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.8%, Truck 5.5%, Car, as passenger 4.1% and Motorbike/scooter 4.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ringtail Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.5% 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 Ringtail Creek, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ringtail Creek, 31.9% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 14.9% were one parent families.

In Ringtail Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ringtail Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Ringtail Creek, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 13.6% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ringtail Creek, 80.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringtail Creek, 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 Ringtail Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringtail Creek, 37.5% were owned outright, 42.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Ringtail Creek, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 27.3% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Ringtail Creek, 38.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Ringtail Creek, 20.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ringtail Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Ringtail Creek, 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 Ringtail Creek, 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.