Rhodes

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,679 people in Rhodes of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Rhodes was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.9% of the population.

Of people in Rhodes aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rhodes was 34 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rhodes, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rhodes was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Rhodes 38.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.8% were in primary school, 6.2% in secondary school and 52.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rhodes were Chinese 31.4%, Korean 11.3%, English 9.9%, Australian 7.6% and Indian 4.7%.

In Rhodes, 23.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 25.4%, Korea, Republic of (South) 11.4%, India 3.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.2% and England 2.0%.

In Rhodes, 12.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 83.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rhodes were No Religion 34.3%, Catholic 16.8%, Buddhism 8.1%, Anglican 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Rhodes 26.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 21.8%, Korean 12.3%, Cantonese 8.0%, Hindi 2.1% and Arabic 1.9%.

Employment

There were 3,077 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rhodes. Of these 68.3% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rhodes, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rhodes was 31 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Rhodes included Professionals 36.9%, Managers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.2%.

Of the employed people in Rhodes, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Depository Financial Intermediation 5.1%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.4%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rhodes was $705.

In Rhodes, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.7%, Train 33.7%, Walked only 5.3%, Car, as passenger 3.5% and Train, bus 2.1%. On the day, 38.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rhodes, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.1% provided care for children and 5.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.4% 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 Rhodes, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 6.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rhodes, 31.4% were couple families with children, 55.1% were couple families without children and 9.0% were one parent families.

In Rhodes 10.9% of single parents were male and 89.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rhodes, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,802 and those without children was $2,484.

Employment status of couple families

In Rhodes, of couple families with children, 31.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 13.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rhodes, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rhodes, 9.1% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 84.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rhodes, of occupied private dwellings 16.5% had 1 bedroom, 59.1% had 2 bedrooms and 19.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rhodes, 13.3% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 55.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rhodes, of all households, 65.9% were family households, 22.3% were single person households and 11.9% were group households.

In Rhodes, 21.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.6% 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 Rhodes, 57.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rhodes, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Rhodes, 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 $3,250.

In Rhodes, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $480 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.