Ropeley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 232 people in Ropeley of these 56.9% were male and 43.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Ropeley was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Ropeley aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ropeley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Ropeley, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ropeley was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Ropeley 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ropeley were English 30.9%, Australian 28.4%, German 17.0%, Irish 5.9% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Ropeley, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.7%, Austria 1.3%, Italy 1.3% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.3%.

In Ropeley, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ropeley were Anglican 20.3%, Catholic 17.7%, Lutheran 12.6%, No Religion 12.1% and Christian, nfd 9.1%.

In Ropeley 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.3% and Italian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 106 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ropeley. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 13.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ropeley, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ropeley was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Ropeley included Labourers 24.7%, Managers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Professionals 7.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Ropeley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 10.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1%, Tertiary Education 5.1%, Other Crop Growing 4.1% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ropeley was $489.

In Ropeley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 66.3%, Car, as passenger 16.8% 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 78.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ropeley, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.4% 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 Ropeley, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ropeley, 45.5% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Ropeley 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ropeley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Ropeley, of couple families with children, 13.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 33.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ropeley, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ropeley, 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 Ropeley, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 47.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ropeley, 44.3% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Ropeley, of all households, 90.0% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ropeley, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Ropeley, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ropeley, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Ropeley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Ropeley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $380 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.