Rodd Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,295 people in Rodd Point of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Rodd Point was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Rodd Point aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rodd Point was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Rodd Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rodd Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Rodd Point 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.5% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rodd Point were English 19.0%, Australian 18.9%, Italian 18.9%, Irish 7.1% and Chinese 5.9%.

In Rodd Point, 72.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 7.9%, England 2.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.6%, New Zealand 1.5% and Vietnam 1.1%.

In Rodd Point, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 42.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rodd Point were Catholic 41.5%, No Religion 17.3%, Anglican 13.7%, Eastern Orthodox 7.6% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Rodd Point 69.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 13.0%, Greek 4.9%, Cantonese 2.8%, Mandarin 1.8% and Vietnamese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rodd Point. Of these 61.9% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rodd Point, 11.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rodd Point was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rodd Point included Professionals 33.9%, Managers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers 3.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.9%.

Of the employed people in Rodd Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.3%, Legal and Accounting Services 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 3.7% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rodd Point was $771.

In Rodd Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Bus 11.3%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Bicycle 1.9% and Bus, car as driver 1.7%. On the day, 16.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rodd Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.2% 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 Rodd Point, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rodd Point, 57.8% were couple families with children, 33.2% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Rodd Point 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rodd Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,104 and those without children was $2,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Rodd Point, of couple families with children, 23.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rodd Point, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rodd Point, 92.1% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Rodd Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 27.7% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rodd Point, 46.4% were owned outright, 32.5% were owned with a mortgage and 16.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Rodd Point, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Rodd Point, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.4% 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 Rodd Point, 35.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rodd Point, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Rodd Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,083.

In Rodd Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,009.