North Rothbury

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 838 people in North Rothbury of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.5% of the population.

The median age of people in North Rothbury was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.1% of the population.

Of people in North Rothbury aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Rothbury was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In North Rothbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Rothbury was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In North Rothbury 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Rothbury were English 33.2%, Australian 32.7%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.0% and German 3.4%.

In North Rothbury, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, South Africa 1.0%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In North Rothbury, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Rothbury were Anglican 29.5%, Catholic 24.4%, No Religion 22.0%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.2%.

In North Rothbury 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.1%, Dutch 0.7%, German 0.4%, Finnish 0.4% and French 0.4%.

Employment

There were 417 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Rothbury. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Rothbury, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Rothbury was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in North Rothbury included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Professionals 13.9%, Managers 12.4%, Labourers 9.2%, Sales Workers 6.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in North Rothbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 12.7%, Accommodation 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Beverage Manufacturing 2.7% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Rothbury was $617.

In North Rothbury, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.1%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 1.5%, Bus 1.0% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 79.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Rothbury, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 North Rothbury, 28.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Rothbury, 47.7% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In North Rothbury 11.4% of single parents were male and 88.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Rothbury, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,218 and those without children was $2,050.

Employment status of couple families

In North Rothbury, of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 24.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Rothbury, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Rothbury, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Rothbury, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 49.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Rothbury, 27.3% were owned outright, 53.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.1% were rented.

Household composition

In North Rothbury, of all households, 80.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In North Rothbury, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.1% 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 North Rothbury, 24.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Rothbury, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 56.4%) were male and 17 (or 43.6%) were female. The median age was 16 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 North Rothbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In North Rothbury, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $310 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $628.