Rosebud

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,501 people in Rosebud of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rosebud was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.6% of the population.

Of people in Rosebud aged 15 years and over, 47.3% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rosebud was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Rosebud, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rosebud was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Rosebud 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 14.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rosebud were English 33.6%, Australian 29.3%, Irish 8.6%, Scottish 8.1% and Italian 3.3%.

In Rosebud, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Rosebud, 65.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rosebud were No Religion 28.5%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 20.7%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Rosebud 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Greek 0.8%, German 0.3%, Dutch 0.2% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 4,945 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rosebud. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rosebud, 14.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rosebud was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Rosebud included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Sales Workers 13.5%, Labourers 13.2%, Professionals 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Managers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Rosebud, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, School Education 4.1%, Hospitals 4.0% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rosebud was $416.

In Rosebud, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 2.2%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 0.6%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rosebud, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.1% 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 Rosebud, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rosebud, 31.3% were couple families with children, 47.8% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Rosebud 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rosebud, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,875 and those without children was $1,637.

Employment status of couple families

In Rosebud, of couple families with children, 12.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rosebud, 69.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosebud, 86.1% were separate houses, 6.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Rosebud, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosebud, 41.0% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rosebud, of all households, 62.7% were family households, 34.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Rosebud, 40.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.0% 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 Rosebud, 41.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rosebud, there were 130 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 42.3%) were male and 75 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Rosebud, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Rosebud, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $218 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,509.