Rozelle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,919 people in Rozelle of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rozelle was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Rozelle aged 15 years and over, 42.5% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rozelle was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Rozelle, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rozelle was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Rozelle 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.1% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 29.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rozelle were English 27.2%, Australian 20.7%, Irish 11.3%, Scottish 7.9% and Italian 3.0%.

In Rozelle, 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.1%, New Zealand 3.5%, Ireland 1.3%, United States of America 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Rozelle, 43.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rozelle were No Religion 35.8%, Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 15.0%, Eastern Orthodox 2.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Rozelle 81.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.2%, Cantonese 1.1%, Italian 1.0%, German 1.0% and French 0.7%.

Employment

There were 5,057 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rozelle. Of these 72.0% were employed full time, 20.1% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rozelle, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rozelle was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Rozelle included Professionals 41.5%, Managers 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.4%, Labourers 2.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Rozelle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.2%, Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 3.8%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5% and School Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rozelle was $1,277.

In Rozelle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.0%, Bus 23.9%, Walked only 5.3%, Car, as passenger 3.6% and Train, bus 2.8%. On the day, 29.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rozelle, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 8.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Rozelle, 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rozelle, 40.0% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Rozelle 16.5% of single parents were male and 83.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rozelle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,461 and those without children was $3,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Rozelle, of couple families with children, 37.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 20.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rozelle, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rozelle, 30.7% were separate houses, 36.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Rozelle, of occupied private dwellings 14.2% had 1 bedroom, 39.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rozelle, 21.9% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 40.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Rozelle, of all households, 65.3% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Rozelle, 9.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 34.0% 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 Rozelle, 53.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rozelle, there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 41.8%) were male and 32 (or 58.2%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Rozelle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,042.

In Rozelle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,470.