Roseville Chase

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,595 people in Roseville Chase of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Roseville Chase was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Roseville Chase aged 15 years and over, 64.1% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roseville Chase was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Roseville Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roseville Chase was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Roseville Chase 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 21.9% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roseville Chase were English 25.8%, Australian 24.2%, Irish 8.1%, Scottish 7.6% and Chinese 6.8%.

In Roseville Chase, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.9%, New Zealand 1.1% and United States of America 0.9%.

In Roseville Chase, 44.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roseville Chase were Anglican 27.2%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 23.1%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.5%.

In Roseville Chase 78.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 5.6%, Armenian 2.1%, Mandarin 1.4%, Italian 0.9% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 764 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roseville Chase. Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 36.1% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roseville Chase, 14.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roseville Chase was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Roseville Chase included Professionals 35.5%, Managers 22.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Sales Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Labourers 1.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.1%.

Of the employed people in Roseville Chase, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 6.9%, School Education 5.1%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.1% and Depository Financial Intermediation 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roseville Chase was $880.

In Roseville Chase, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.8%, Bus 10.7%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train 1.8% and Bus, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 17.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roseville Chase, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 39.9% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.4% 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 Roseville Chase, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roseville Chase, 61.5% were couple families with children, 27.6% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Roseville Chase 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roseville Chase, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,288 and those without children was $3,028.

Employment status of couple families

In Roseville Chase, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 25.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roseville Chase, 96.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roseville Chase, 96.8% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Roseville Chase, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 35.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roseville Chase, 43.7% were owned outright, 45.3% were owned with a mortgage and 10.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Roseville Chase, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.4% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Roseville Chase, 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.8% 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 Roseville Chase, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roseville Chase, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Roseville Chase, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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