Rose Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,164 people were counted in Rose Park: of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park there were 208 children aged 0-14 years and 252 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 1,063 people were Australian citizens, 202 were born overseas and 21 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 47.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.4% were separated or divorced, 7.5% were widowed and 34.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 78.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Rose Park were England 4.6%, Italy 2.4%, Scotland 1.3%, New Zealand 1.2% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Rose Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.7%, Anglican 22.9%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Orthodox 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.9%, Greek 2.7%, German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Mandarin 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 658 people aged 15 years and over in Rose Park were in the labour force. Of these 58.4% worked full-time, 34.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.7% were unemployed. 264 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 26.8%, Associate Professionals 8.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Managers and Administrators 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Rose Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.5%, Health Services 10.5%, Education 5.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0% and Government Administration 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 309 families were counted: of these, 37.2% were couple families without children, 50.5% were couple families with children, 11.0% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 518 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Rose Park, 54.1% were separate houses, 14.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.1% were being purchased and 33.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 54.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Rose Park, 58.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.6% were group households.