Roelands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 620 people in Roelands of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Roelands was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.1% of the population.

Of people in Roelands aged 15 years and over, 61.4% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roelands was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Roelands, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roelands was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Roelands 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.7% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roelands were Australian 32.4%, English 31.5%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.2% and Italian 5.5%.

In Roelands, 83.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 0.8%, Austria 0.5% and Denmark 0.5%.

In Roelands, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roelands were Catholic 29.9%, No Religion 24.8%, Anglican 23.5%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Uniting Church 2.9%.

In Roelands 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Danish 0.5% and Fijian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 352 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roelands. Of these 63.1% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roelands, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roelands was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Roelands included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.1%, Managers 15.8%, Professionals 14.9%, Labourers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.0% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Roelands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.3%, School Education 5.2%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.5% and Road Freight Transport 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roelands was $863.

In Roelands, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Bus 1.4%, Motorbike/scooter 1.2% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roelands, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.5% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.2% 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 Roelands, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roelands, 52.2% were couple families with children, 38.2% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Roelands 35.3% of single parents were male and 64.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roelands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,607 and those without children was $2,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Roelands, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roelands, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roelands, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Roelands, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.2% had 2 bedrooms and 25.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roelands, 34.8% were owned outright, 52.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Roelands, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Roelands, 11.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.7% 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 Roelands, 13.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roelands, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Roelands, 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 Roelands, 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.