Roma

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,906 people in Roma of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 8.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Roma was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.4% of the population.

Of people in Roma aged 15 years and over, 47.1% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roma was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Roma, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roma was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Roma 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.3% were in primary school, 18.0% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roma were Australian 34.2%, English 25.6%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.0% and German 5.6%.

In Roma, 80.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 2.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, England 0.9%, South Africa 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Roma, 83.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roma were Catholic 28.8%, Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 14.6%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Roma 84.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.4%, Filipino 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Cantonese 0.2% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,577 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roma. Of these 68.5% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roma, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roma was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Roma included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.5%, Managers 11.2%, Labourers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Roma, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.3%, School Education 5.0%, Local Government Administration 3.6%, State Government Administration 3.5% and Oil and Gas Extraction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roma was $716.

In Roma, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Walked only 8.0%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Truck 1.5% and Bicycle 1.1%. On the day, 0.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roma, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Roma, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roma, 45.5% were couple families with children, 38.7% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Roma 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roma, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,097 and those without children was $2,011.

Employment status of couple families

In Roma, of couple families with children, 32.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roma, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roma, 91.0% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Roma, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.6% had 2 bedrooms and 49.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roma, 26.3% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 40.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Roma, of all households, 72.6% were family households, 23.2% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Roma, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.7% 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 Roma, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roma, there were 605 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 311 (or 51.4%) were male and 294 (or 48.6%) 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 Roma, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Roma, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.