South Ripley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 344 people in South Ripley of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in South Ripley was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in South Ripley aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Ripley was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In South Ripley, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Ripley was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In South Ripley 35.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 7.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Ripley were English 29.4%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 7.3%, German 6.7% and Scottish 4.3%.

In South Ripley, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 3.8%, Canada 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In South Ripley, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Ripley were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 18.7%, Anglican 16.1%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Lutheran 6.4%.

In South Ripley 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Ripley. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Ripley, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Ripley was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in South Ripley included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Professionals 14.5%, Labourers 12.2%, Managers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in South Ripley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, School Education 5.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.0% and Residential Building Construction 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Ripley was $612.

In South Ripley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.6%, Truck 7.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 2.3% and Walked only 2.3%. On the day, 4.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Ripley, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.6% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.5% 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 South Ripley, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Ripley, 43.8% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In South Ripley 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Ripley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In South Ripley, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Ripley, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Ripley, 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 South Ripley, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 6.5% had 2 bedrooms and 34.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Ripley, 30.6% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 26.9% were rented.

Household composition

In South Ripley, of all households, 81.5% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 6.5% were group households.

In South Ripley, 12.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 South Ripley, 14.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Ripley, 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 South Ripley, 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 South Ripley, 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.