Rolleston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 129 people in Rolleston of these 53.5% were male and 46.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rolleston was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Rolleston aged 15 years and over, 52.5% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rolleston was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Rolleston, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rolleston was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Rolleston 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rolleston were English 34.5%, Australian 26.8%, Irish 10.7%, Scottish 10.1% and German 7.1%.

In Rolleston, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, Ireland 2.3% and United States of America 2.3%.

In Rolleston, 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rolleston were Catholic 37.5%, Anglican 23.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.5%, No Religion 7.8% and Uniting Church 7.0%.

In Rolleston 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 75 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rolleston. Of these 68.0% were employed full time, 22.7% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rolleston, 4.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 65.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rolleston was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Rolleston included Machinery Operators And Drivers 27.8%, Managers 19.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Labourers 13.9%, Professionals 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Rolleston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.3%, Coal Mining 7.0%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 7.0%, Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 5.6% and Fuel Retailing 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rolleston was $678.

In Rolleston, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 44.4%, Walked only 18.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2% and Truck 4.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rolleston, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.6% provided care for children and 8.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Rolleston, 16.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 23.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rolleston, 57.1% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Rolleston 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rolleston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Rolleston, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 52.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rolleston, 68.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 31.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rolleston, 75.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 18.4% were other dwellings.

In Rolleston, of occupied private dwellings 10.2% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rolleston, 22.0% were owned outright, 38.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Rolleston, of all households, 58.3% were family households, 41.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rolleston, 23.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Rolleston, 8.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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