Ropes Crossing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,479 people in Ropes Crossing of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Ropes Crossing was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.2% of the population.

Of people in Ropes Crossing aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ropes Crossing was 38 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ropes Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ropes Crossing was 38 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Ropes Crossing 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ropes Crossing were Australian 21.8%, English 20.6%, Filipino 10.9%, Irish 5.3% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Ropes Crossing, 61.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 10.8%, New Zealand 2.9%, England 2.7%, India 2.5% and Fiji 2.1%.

In Ropes Crossing, 38.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ropes Crossing were Catholic 37.8%, Anglican 16.6%, No Religion 11.8%, Islam 6.1% and Pentecostal 3.2%.

In Ropes Crossing 68.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 4.6%, Filipino 4.2%, Hindi 3.0%, Bengali 1.8% and Spanish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 836 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ropes Crossing. Of these 73.2% were employed full time, 16.7% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ropes Crossing, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ropes Crossing was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Ropes Crossing included Professionals 19.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Managers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Labourers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Ropes Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Public Order and Safety Services 4.5%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, Hospitals 3.2% and Road Freight Transport 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ropes Crossing was $852.

In Ropes Crossing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.4%, Train 9.0%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Train, bus 3.0% and Train, car as driver 3.0%. On the day, 18.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ropes Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.4% 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, 11.7% 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 Ropes Crossing, 31.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ropes Crossing, 52.3% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Ropes Crossing 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ropes Crossing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,369 and those without children was $2,229.

Employment status of couple families

In Ropes Crossing, of couple families with children, 41.6% had both partners employed full-time, 1.0% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ropes Crossing, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ropes Crossing, 87.3% were separate houses, 12.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Ropes Crossing, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ropes Crossing, 13.2% were owned outright, 67.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Ropes Crossing, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Ropes Crossing, 11.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Ropes Crossing, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ropes Crossing, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 54.2%) were male and 11 (or 45.8%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Ropes Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Ropes Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,485.