Roxburgh Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,235 people in Roxburgh Park of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Roxburgh Park was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 28.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.1% of the population.

Of people in Roxburgh Park aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roxburgh Park was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Roxburgh Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roxburgh Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Roxburgh Park 39.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 24.3% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roxburgh Park were Turkish 13.4%, Australian 10.7%, English 8.6%, Iraqi 6.3% and Italian 6.1%.

In Roxburgh Park, 50.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iraq 12.3%, Turkey 6.9%, India 2.7%, Sri Lanka 2.7% and Philippines 2.4%.

In Roxburgh Park, 16.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 74.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roxburgh Park were Catholic 37.5%, Islam 28.3%, No Religion 6.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.2% and Buddhism 3.5%.

In Roxburgh Park 30.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Turkish 15.6%, Arabic 13.2%, Chaldean Neo-Aramaic 6.6%, Assyrian Neo-Aramaic 5.7% and Sinhalese 3.1%.

Employment

There were 7,710 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roxburgh Park. Of these 57.7% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roxburgh Park, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roxburgh Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Roxburgh Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.2%, Labourers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Professionals 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.2%, Sales Workers 9.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Roxburgh Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.6%, School Education 3.2%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roxburgh Park was $401.

In Roxburgh Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.9%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Train 5.6%, Truck 1.2% and Train, car as driver 1.1%. On the day, 9.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roxburgh Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 Roxburgh Park, 18.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roxburgh Park, 66.3% were couple families with children, 15.8% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Roxburgh Park 11.8% of single parents were male and 88.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roxburgh Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Roxburgh Park, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roxburgh Park, 96.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roxburgh Park, 63.0% were separate houses, 35.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Roxburgh Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 52.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roxburgh Park, 16.6% were owned outright, 63.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Roxburgh Park, of all households, 89.7% were family households, 9.2% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Roxburgh Park, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 Roxburgh Park, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roxburgh Park, there were 100 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 46 (or 46.0%) were male and 54 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Roxburgh Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,350.

In Roxburgh Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $203 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.