Rosslyn Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,460 people in Rosslyn Park of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Rosslyn Park was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Rosslyn Park aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rosslyn Park was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Rosslyn Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rosslyn Park was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Rosslyn Park 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 32.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rosslyn Park were English 22.3%, Australian 19.0%, Italian 12.0%, Chinese 11.3% and Scottish 5.5%.

In Rosslyn Park, 63.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.7%, Malaysia 3.1%, India 2.7% and Italy 2.3%.

In Rosslyn Park, 41.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 46.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rosslyn Park were Catholic 25.7%, No Religion 22.2%, Anglican 14.6%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Buddhism 4.5%.

In Rosslyn Park 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.6%, Italian 4.9%, Cantonese 3.6%, Greek 2.3% and Hindi 1.2%.

Employment

There were 729 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rosslyn Park. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rosslyn Park, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rosslyn Park was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Rosslyn Park included Professionals 38.3%, Managers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 8.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.4%, Labourers 3.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in Rosslyn Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Medical Services 6.1%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.6%, Hospitals 5.2%, School Education 5.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rosslyn Park was $698.

In Rosslyn Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Bus 5.8%, Car, as passenger 4.0%, Bicycle 1.6% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 6.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rosslyn Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Rosslyn Park, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rosslyn Park, 48.0% were couple families with children, 41.1% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Rosslyn Park 10.4% of single parents were male and 89.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rosslyn Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,065 and those without children was $2,555.

Employment status of couple families

In Rosslyn Park, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 20.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rosslyn Park, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosslyn Park, 83.2% were separate houses, 10.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rosslyn Park, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosslyn Park, 52.6% were owned outright, 28.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Rosslyn Park, of all households, 76.3% were family households, 21.7% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Rosslyn Park, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.1% 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 Rosslyn Park, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rosslyn Park, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Rosslyn Park, 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 $3,250.

In Rosslyn Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.