Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 345 people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.8% of the population.

Of people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) aged 15 years and over, 63.7% were married and 9.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 63.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) were English 37.2%, Australian 33.5%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.8% and German 2.8%.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Denmark 1.2%, Kenya 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Chile 0.9%.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 80.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) were Anglican 31.1%, Catholic 19.5%, No Religion 15.1%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Christian, nfd 4.7%.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9% and Dutch 0.9%.

Employment

There were 176 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW). Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 30.7% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) included Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 12.8%, Managers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%.

Of the employed people in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.2%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%, School Education 4.1%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.1% and Construction Material Mining 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) was $519.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 5.2%, Bus 1.7% and Taxi 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 76.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.5% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 43.3% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 3.8% were one parent families.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) 30.0% of single parents were male and 70.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,300.

Employment status of couple families

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), of couple families with children, 21.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.1% 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 Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 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 Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 48.7% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), of all households, 83.3% were family households, 14.2% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 16.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 57.1%) were male and 9 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $6,000.