Rosanna

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,168 people were counted in Rosanna: of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna there were 1,330 children aged 0-14 years and 2,726 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 7,474 people were Australian citizens, 1,656 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 54.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.0% were separated or divorced, 9.6% were widowed and 27.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 75.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Rosanna were Italy 3.6%, England 2.5%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9% and Greece 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Rosanna on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.3%, No Religion 16.9%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Orthodox 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 5.5%, Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.0%, Croatian 1.0% and Cantonese 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,915 people aged 15 years and over in Rosanna were in the labour force. Of these 61.2% worked full-time, 32.3% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 2,657 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.1% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Rosanna, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.7%, Education 6.4%, Health Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 2,317 families were counted: of these, 41.6% were couple families without children, 44.0% were couple families with children, 12.3% were one parent families and 2.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 3,240 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Rosanna, 86.8% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 58.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.2% were being purchased and 14.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Rosanna, 70.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.0% were group households.