Reynella East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,020 people in Reynella East of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Reynella East was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Reynella East aged 15 years and over, 49.9% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Reynella East was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Reynella East, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Reynella East was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Reynella East 23.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Reynella East were English 36.2%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 5.8% and German 5.1%.

In Reynella East, 77.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, South Africa 1.3%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

In Reynella East, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Reynella East were No Religion 31.6%, Anglican 17.8%, Catholic 15.1%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Lutheran 3.4%.

In Reynella East 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 1.0%, German 0.7%, Urdu 0.7%, Mandarin 0.7% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,047 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Reynella East. Of these 56.4% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Reynella East, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Reynella East was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Reynella East included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Professionals 15.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Labourers 10.3%, Managers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Reynella East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.1%, Hospitals 4.0%, School Education 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Reynella East was $537.

In Reynella East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Bus 4.6%, Truck 1.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 6.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Reynella East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.9% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.8% 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 Reynella East, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Reynella East, 39.8% were couple families with children, 43.4% were couple families without children and 15.4% were one parent families.

In Reynella East 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Reynella East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,856 and those without children was $1,657.

Employment status of couple families

In Reynella East, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 27.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Reynella East, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reynella East, 85.3% were separate houses, 14.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Reynella East, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 70.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reynella East, 31.0% were owned outright, 44.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Reynella East, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Reynella East, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Reynella East, 34.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Reynella East, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 54.5%) were male and 10 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Reynella East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Reynella East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.