Riddells Creek Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Riddells Creek (3431) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Macedon Ranges, Victoria. It is about 47 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Riddells Creek is in the federal electorate of McEwen.

In the 2011 census the population of Riddells Creek was 3,753 and is comprised of approximately 51.2% females and 48.8% males.

The median/average age of the population of Riddells Creek is 39 years of age.

86.1% of people living in the suburb of Riddells Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.0% England, 1.1% New Zealand, 0.8% Germany, 0.7% Scotland, 0.4% Italy, 0.4% Malta, 0.4% Wales, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% India, 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Cyprus, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Croatia, 0.2% Japan.

95.4% of people living in Riddells Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Italian, 0.5% German, 0.4% Other, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Maltese, 0.3% Turkish, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Riddells Creek is 29.8% No religion, 28.2% Catholic, 18.6% Anglican, 6.6% Uniting Church, 6.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.4% Christian, nfd, 1.3% Lutheran, 0.8% Eastern Orthodox, 0.7% Other religious affiliation .

58.0% of people are married, 29.4% have never married and 7.1% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 79 widowed people living in Riddells Creek.

58.7% of the people living in Riddells Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.4% are working on a part time basis. Riddells Creek has an unemployment rate of 2.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Riddells Creek are 19.7% Technicians & trades workers, 19.5% Professionals, 14.6% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Managers, 10.8% Community & personal service workers, 9.6% Sales workers, 6.3% Labourers, 5.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Riddells Creek work in are 12.7% Construction, 10.5% Health care and social assistance, 10.4% Retail trade, 9.5% Education and training, 8.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.5% Manufacturing, 7.8% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.8% Other services.

36.8% of homes are fully owned, and 53.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 8.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $673 per week and the median household income is $1637 per week.

The median rent in Riddells Creek is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1733 per month.

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