Rooty Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,377 people in Rooty Hill of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rooty Hill was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Rooty Hill aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rooty Hill was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Rooty Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rooty Hill was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Rooty Hill 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rooty Hill were Filipino 18.8%, Australian 16.1%, English 13.4%, Indian 4.2% and Irish 3.4%.

In Rooty Hill, 48.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 16.7%, Fiji 3.4%, India 2.4%, New Zealand 2.4% and England 1.5%.

In Rooty Hill, 25.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rooty Hill were Catholic 43.8%, Anglican 11.4%, No Religion 6.5%, Islam 5.6% and Hinduism 5.4%.

In Rooty Hill 49.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 10.6%, Filipino 6.4%, Hindi 4.2%, Arabic 2.8% and Urdu 1.9%.

Employment

There were 6,328 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rooty Hill. Of these 64.7% were employed full time, 22.3% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rooty Hill, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rooty Hill was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Rooty Hill included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Professionals 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Labourers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Sales Workers 8.8% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Rooty Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Residential Care Services 3.2%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rooty Hill was $527.

In Rooty Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Train 14.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Train, bus 2.4% and Train, car as driver 1.6%. On the day, 21.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rooty Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.3% 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 Rooty Hill, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rooty Hill, 55.4% were couple families with children, 24.1% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Rooty Hill 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rooty Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,194 and those without children was $1,907.

Employment status of couple families

In Rooty Hill, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 15.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rooty Hill, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rooty Hill, 72.4% were separate houses, 27.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Rooty Hill, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 56.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rooty Hill, 26.2% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Rooty Hill, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 13.1% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Rooty Hill, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.8% 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 Rooty Hill, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rooty Hill, there were 263 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 129 (or 49.0%) were male and 134 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Rooty Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,144.

In Rooty Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.