Ringarooma

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 480 people in Ringarooma of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Ringarooma was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Ringarooma aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ringarooma was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Ringarooma, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ringarooma was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Ringarooma 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.3% were in primary school, 14.9% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ringarooma were English 35.2%, Australian 34.7%, Scottish 7.2%, German 5.4% and Irish 4.6%.

In Ringarooma, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.9%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Ringarooma, 78.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ringarooma were Anglican 33.5%, No Religion 24.6%, Catholic 10.4%, Christian, nfd 9.1% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Ringarooma 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 0.8% and French 0.6%.

Employment

There were 201 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ringarooma. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 25.4% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ringarooma, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ringarooma was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Ringarooma included Managers 32.1%, Labourers 20.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Professionals 5.9%, Sales Workers 5.9% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Ringarooma, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 21.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.4%, Local Government Administration 5.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.8% and Forestry and Logging 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ringarooma was $372.

In Ringarooma, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.2%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Walked only 5.3%, Motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Truck 1.6%. 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 56.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ringarooma, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Ringarooma, 16.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ringarooma, 36.6% were couple families with children, 45.5% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Ringarooma 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ringarooma, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,350 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Ringarooma, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ringarooma, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringarooma, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Ringarooma, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 14.1% had 2 bedrooms and 55.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ringarooma, 41.1% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Ringarooma, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ringarooma, 35.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Ringarooma, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ringarooma, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 46.2%) were male and 7 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Ringarooma, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Ringarooma, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $85 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.