Old Reynella

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,301 people in Old Reynella of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Old Reynella was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.3% of the population.

Of people in Old Reynella aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Old Reynella was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Old Reynella, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Old Reynella was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Old Reynella 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.0% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Old Reynella were English 34.9%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 6.1% and German 5.7%.

In Old Reynella, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.4%, Scotland 1.8%, Philippines 0.9%, New Zealand 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

In Old Reynella, 56.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Old Reynella were No Religion 34.2%, Catholic 17.1%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Christian, nfd 3.4%.

In Old Reynella 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Polish 0.7%, German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,745 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Old Reynella. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Old Reynella, 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Old Reynella was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Old Reynella included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Labourers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Managers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Old Reynella, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.1%, Residential Care Services 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, School Education 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Old Reynella was $590.

In Old Reynella, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Bus 5.6%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Motorbike/scooter 1.0% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 7.3% 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 Old Reynella, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Old Reynella, 29.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Old Reynella, 46.5% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 15.3% were one parent families.

In Old Reynella 12.3% of single parents were male and 87.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Old Reynella, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,021 and those without children was $1,986.

Employment status of couple families

In Old Reynella, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Old Reynella, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Reynella, 86.7% were separate houses, 10.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Old Reynella, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.3% had 2 bedrooms and 60.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Old Reynella, 29.2% were owned outright, 47.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Old Reynella, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 24.2% were single person households and 1.8% were group households.

In Old Reynella, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Old Reynella, 39.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Old Reynella, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 48.5%) were male and 17 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Old Reynella, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $919.

In Old Reynella, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,617.