Rouse Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,482 people in Rouse Hill of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rouse Hill was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.8% of the population.

Of people in Rouse Hill aged 15 years and over, 63.0% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rouse Hill was 43 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Rouse Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rouse Hill was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Rouse Hill 38.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.0% were in primary school, 19.7% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rouse Hill were Australian 26.7%, English 22.9%, Irish 5.4%, Scottish 5.2% and Filipino 3.9%.

In Rouse Hill, 69.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 3.8%, England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 1.9% and India 1.4%.

In Rouse Hill, 48.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rouse Hill were Catholic 35.1%, Anglican 21.1%, No Religion 11.0%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Pentecostal 2.6%.

In Rouse Hill 76.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 2.2%, Arabic 1.4%, Mandarin 1.3%, Italian 1.2% and Hindi 1.1%.

Employment

There were 3,818 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rouse Hill. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rouse Hill, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rouse Hill was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Rouse Hill included Professionals 22.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Sales Workers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Rouse Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.7% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rouse Hill was $794.

In Rouse Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Bus 4.2%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Truck 1.6% and Train 1.3%. On the day, 9.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rouse Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 42.2% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.7% 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 Rouse Hill, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rouse Hill, 66.1% were couple families with children, 23.2% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Rouse Hill 17.9% of single parents were male and 82.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rouse Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,609 and those without children was $2,396.

Employment status of couple families

In Rouse Hill, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 29.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rouse Hill, 96.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rouse Hill, 90.6% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Rouse Hill, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 4.3% had 2 bedrooms and 12.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rouse Hill, 19.6% were owned outright, 61.7% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rouse Hill, of all households, 87.2% were family households, 11.2% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Rouse Hill, 8.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.9% 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 Rouse Hill, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rouse Hill, there were 57 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 30 (or 52.6%) were male and 27 (or 47.4%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Rouse Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,083.

In Rouse Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $580 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,900.