Risdon Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,026 people in Risdon Park of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Risdon Park was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.9% of the population.

Of people in Risdon Park aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Risdon Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Risdon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Risdon Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Risdon Park 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.9% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Risdon Park were Australian 33.5%, English 31.5%, Irish 6.7%, Scottish 5.8% and Italian 5.3%.

In Risdon Park, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Italy 0.7%, Scotland 0.4%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

In Risdon Park, 80.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Risdon Park were Catholic 28.1%, No Religion 26.9%, Uniting Church 13.3%, Anglican 9.5% and Lutheran 5.6%.

In Risdon Park 93.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.5%, Filipino 0.2%, Tagalog 0.1% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,607 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Risdon Park. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 8.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Risdon Park, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Risdon Park was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Risdon Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Professionals 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Labourers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.6% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Risdon Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 10.7%, School Education 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Risdon Park was $397.

In Risdon Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.6%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Walked only 3.3%, Bicycle 0.9% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Risdon Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Risdon Park, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Risdon Park, 37.6% were couple families with children, 41.3% were couple families without children and 20.3% were one parent families.

In Risdon Park 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Risdon Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,957 and those without children was $1,781.

Employment status of couple families

In Risdon Park, of couple families with children, 14.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 23.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Risdon Park, 89.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Risdon Park, 74.6% were separate houses, 17.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Risdon Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 61.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Risdon Park, 32.4% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 35.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Risdon Park, of all households, 63.9% were family households, 33.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Risdon Park, 42.6% 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 Risdon Park, 39.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Risdon Park, there were 151 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 66 (or 43.7%) were male and 85 (or 56.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Risdon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Risdon Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,201.