Roxby Downs (M)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,702 people in Roxby Downs (M) of these 58.8% were male and 41.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Roxby Downs (M) was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 0.4% of the population.

Of people in Roxby Downs (M) aged 15 years and over, 46.5% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roxby Downs (M) was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Roxby Downs (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 48.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roxby Downs (M) was 39 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Roxby Downs (M) 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 12.7% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roxby Downs (M) were Australian 31.3%, English 26.3%, Irish 6.3%, German 6.0% and Scottish 5.4%.

In Roxby Downs (M), 76.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were South Africa 2.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, England 2.0%, Philippines 0.9% and India 0.7%.

In Roxby Downs (M), 68.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roxby Downs (M) were No Religion 30.8%, Catholic 20.3%, Anglican 11.8%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Lutheran 4.2%.

In Roxby Downs (M) 82.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.7%, Spanish 0.8%, Filipino 0.5%, Tamil 0.4% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 2,824 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roxby Downs (M). Of these 78.3% were employed full time, 13.2% were employed part-time and 1.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roxby Downs (M), 3.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roxby Downs (M) was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Roxby Downs (M) included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.2%, Professionals 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Labourers 9.2%, Managers 7.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.0% and Sales Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Roxby Downs (M), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 40.3%, Other Mining Support Services 5.6%, Employment Services 3.6%, School Education 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roxby Downs (M) was $1,464.

In Roxby Downs (M), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Car, as passenger 9.5%, Bus 7.2%, Walked only 5.0% and Other 0.8%. On the day, 8.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roxby Downs (M), of people aged 15 years and over, 68.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 4.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.5% 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 Roxby Downs (M), 26.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roxby Downs (M), 58.5% were couple families with children, 34.7% were couple families without children and 5.6% were one parent families.

In Roxby Downs (M) 37.3% of single parents were male and 62.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roxby Downs (M), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,066 and those without children was $3,223.

Employment status of couple families

In Roxby Downs (M), of couple families with children, 38.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.6% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roxby Downs (M), 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roxby Downs (M), 83.7% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Roxby Downs (M), of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roxby Downs (M), 6.2% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 66.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Roxby Downs (M), of all households, 78.3% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Roxby Downs (M), 2.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 36.2% 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 Roxby Downs (M), 25.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roxby Downs (M), there were 74 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 45 (or 60.8%) were male and 29 (or 39.2%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Roxby Downs (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,886.

In Roxby Downs (M), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $185 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.