Rothbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 452 people in Rothbury of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Rothbury was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Rothbury aged 15 years and over, 65.0% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rothbury was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Rothbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rothbury was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Rothbury 21.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rothbury were English 36.1%, Australian 27.6%, Scottish 14.9%, Irish 10.0% and German 3.1%.

In Rothbury, 80.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, New Zealand 2.4%, United States of America 1.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.9% and Algeria 0.7%.

In Rothbury, 71.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rothbury were Anglican 28.2%, Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 23.1%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Rothbury 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1%, German 0.9%, French 0.9% and Portuguese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 259 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rothbury. Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rothbury, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 57.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rothbury was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Rothbury included Managers 29.0%, Professionals 22.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Labourers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Rothbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Beverage Manufacturing 10.3%, Accommodation 10.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.5%, Coal Mining 6.0% and Specialised Food Retailing 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rothbury was $807.

In Rothbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Walked only 10.6%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Train 1.2% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rothbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Rothbury, 37.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rothbury, 37.1% were couple families with children, 54.3% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Rothbury 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rothbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Rothbury, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 11.7% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rothbury, 63.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rothbury, 97.7% 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 Rothbury, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rothbury, 39.2% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 16.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rothbury, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rothbury, 14.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.3% 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 Rothbury, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rothbury, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 6 (or 100.0%) 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 Rothbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Rothbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,600.