Rosebud West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,579 people in Rosebud West of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Rosebud West was 58 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 42.4% of the population.

Of people in Rosebud West aged 15 years and over, 43.4% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rosebud West was 70 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Rosebud West, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rosebud West was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Rosebud West 24.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.1% were in primary school, 12.3% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rosebud West were English 32.3%, Australian 29.1%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 7.5% and Italian 2.8%.

In Rosebud West, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.5%, Italy 1.4%, Scotland 1.4%, New Zealand 1.0% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Rosebud West, 63.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rosebud West were No Religion 23.4%, Anglican 21.3%, Catholic 19.6%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.2%.

In Rosebud West 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.6%, Greek 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Malayalam 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rosebud West. Of these 45.2% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rosebud West, 17.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rosebud West was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rosebud West included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.3%, Labourers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.7%, Professionals 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Managers 7.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Rosebud West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.1%, Residential Care Services 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Hospitals 3.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rosebud West was $390.

In Rosebud West, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.9%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Walked only 4.0%, Bus 1.1% and Truck 1.1%. 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 72.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rosebud West, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.6% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 West, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rosebud West, 24.5% were couple families with children, 55.5% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Rosebud West 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rosebud West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,588 and those without children was $1,445.

Employment status of couple families

In Rosebud West, of couple families with children, 7.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rosebud West, 63.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosebud West, 60.0% were separate houses, 32.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Rosebud West, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 35.4% had 2 bedrooms and 45.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosebud West, 41.8% were owned outright, 16.5% were owned with a mortgage and 27.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Rosebud West, of all households, 55.0% were family households, 42.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Rosebud West, 46.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 West, 50.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rosebud West, there were 58 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 26 (or 44.8%) were male and 32 (or 55.2%) were female. The median age was 30 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $739.

In Rosebud West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.