Upper Rollands Plains

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 379 people in Upper Rollands Plains of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Rollands Plains was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Upper Rollands Plains aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 14.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Rollands Plains was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Upper Rollands Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Rollands Plains was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Upper Rollands Plains 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 29.2% in secondary school and 11.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Rollands Plains were Australian 35.2%, English 28.5%, Irish 12.3%, Scottish 8.5% and German 4.0%.

In Upper Rollands Plains, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Scotland 1.8%, Germany 1.0%, Malaysia 1.0% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Upper Rollands Plains, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Rollands Plains were Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 20.6%, No Religion 18.8%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.0%.

In Upper Rollands Plains 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.3%, German 0.8%, Danish 0.8%, Italian 0.8% and Ukrainian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 188 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Rollands Plains. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 11.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Rollands Plains, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Rollands Plains was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Rollands Plains included Managers 24.3%, Professionals 20.7%, Labourers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Upper Rollands Plains, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 7.1%, School Education 7.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.4%, Hospitals 4.8% and Electricity Distribution 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Rollands Plains was $402.

In Upper Rollands Plains, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.1%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Other 3.0%, Tram 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 1.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Rollands Plains, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.8% 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 Upper Rollands Plains, 32.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Rollands Plains, 39.3% were couple families with children, 47.3% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Upper Rollands Plains 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Rollands Plains, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Rollands Plains, of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 10.5% had both employed part-time and 10.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Rollands Plains, 83.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Rollands Plains, 95.5% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

In Upper Rollands Plains, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.9% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Rollands Plains, 42.2% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Rollands Plains, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Upper Rollands Plains, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.5% 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 Upper Rollands Plains, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Rollands Plains, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 43.5%) were male and 13 (or 56.5%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Upper Rollands Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Upper Rollands Plains, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.