Rural View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,324 people in Rural View of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Rural View was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Rural View aged 15 years and over, 57.9% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rural View was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Rural View, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rural View was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Rural View 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rural View were Australian 31.9%, English 27.3%, Scottish 7.5%, Irish 7.0% and German 4.5%.

In Rural View, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.2%, South Africa 2.7%, England 2.3%, Scotland 0.4% and Papua New Guinea 0.3%.

In Rural View, 72.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rural View were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 22.5%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Rural View 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.3%, Thai 0.4%, Italian 0.2%, Indonesian 0.2% and Shona 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,853 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rural View. Of these 67.3% were employed full time, 23.0% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rural View, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Rural View included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.8%, Professionals 16.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Managers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.6% and Labourers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Rural View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 10.2%, School Education 5.6%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 3.6%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.2% and Building Installation Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rural View was $891.

In Rural View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Bus 3.1%, Walked only 0.9% and Truck 0.6%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rural View, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.4% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Rural View, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rural View, 60.1% were couple families with children, 30.2% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Rural View 21.8% of single parents were male and 78.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rural View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,803 and those without children was $2,661.

Employment status of couple families

In Rural View, of couple families with children, 24.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rural View, 93.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rural View, 99.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rural View, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rural View, 22.7% were owned outright, 52.6% were owned with a mortgage and 23.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rural View, of all households, 88.5% were family households, 7.8% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Rural View, 6.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.0% 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 Rural View, 19.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rural View, there were 121 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 61 (or 50.4%) were male and 60 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Rural View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Rural View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.