Reedy Marsh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 309 people in Reedy Marsh of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Reedy Marsh was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Reedy Marsh aged 15 years and over, 51.4% were married and 20.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Reedy Marsh was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Reedy Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Reedy Marsh was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Reedy Marsh 28.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Reedy Marsh were Australian 37.8%, English 30.1%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 4.6% and German 3.6%.

In Reedy Marsh, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.5%, Netherlands 2.6%, New Zealand 2.6% and Germany 1.0%.

In Reedy Marsh, 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Reedy Marsh were No Religion 27.7%, Anglican 22.9%, Catholic 14.8%, Latter-day Saints 7.1% and Uniting Church 6.8%.

In Reedy Marsh 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.6%.

Employment

There were 136 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Reedy Marsh. Of these 47.1% were employed full time, 41.2% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Reedy Marsh, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Reedy Marsh was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Reedy Marsh included Professionals 19.1%, Managers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Labourers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Reedy Marsh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Specialised Food Retailing 5.9%, School Education 5.2%, Residential Care Services 5.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4% and Dairy Cattle Farming 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Reedy Marsh was $451.

In Reedy Marsh, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.6%, Walked only 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.2% and Car as driver, truck 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Reedy Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Reedy Marsh, 35.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Reedy Marsh, 43.2% were couple families with children, 45.7% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Reedy Marsh 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Reedy Marsh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,424 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Reedy Marsh, of couple families with children, 15.6% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 23.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Reedy Marsh, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reedy Marsh, 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 Reedy Marsh, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 19.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reedy Marsh, 52.9% were owned outright, 34.7% were owned with a mortgage and 12.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Reedy Marsh, of all households, 66.9% were family households, 30.6% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Reedy Marsh, 32.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Reedy Marsh, 23.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Reedy Marsh, 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 Reedy Marsh, 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 Reedy Marsh, 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.