Rosenthal Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,835 people in Rosenthal Heights of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rosenthal Heights was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Rosenthal Heights aged 15 years and over, 63.9% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rosenthal Heights was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Rosenthal Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rosenthal Heights was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Rosenthal Heights 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.9% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rosenthal Heights were Australian 34.3%, English 33.1%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 8.0% and German 5.5%.

In Rosenthal Heights, 91.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, United States of America 0.4%, Ireland 0.3% and Germany 0.2%.

In Rosenthal Heights, 85.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rosenthal Heights were Catholic 32.5%, Anglican 28.4%, No Religion 11.2%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Baptist 3.4%.

In Rosenthal Heights 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Bisaya 0.3% and Tongan 0.2%.

Employment

There were 942 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rosenthal Heights. Of these 56.9% were employed full time, 33.1% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rosenthal Heights, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rosenthal Heights was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Rosenthal Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Managers 10.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.9%.

Of the employed people in Rosenthal Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.0%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Hospitals 3.9% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rosenthal Heights was $564.

In Rosenthal Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.0%, Car, as passenger 8.0%, Truck 3.1%, Walked only 2.4% and Bicycle 0.4%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rosenthal Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Rosenthal Heights, 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rosenthal Heights, 49.4% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Rosenthal Heights 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rosenthal Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Rosenthal Heights, of couple families with children, 22.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 26.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rosenthal Heights, 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosenthal Heights, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Rosenthal Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rosenthal Heights, 37.4% were owned outright, 45.3% were owned with a mortgage and 14.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rosenthal Heights, of all households, 82.7% were family households, 15.6% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Rosenthal Heights, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% 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 Rosenthal Heights, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rosenthal Heights, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 18 (or 60.0%) were male and 12 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Rosenthal Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $875.

In Rosenthal Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $235 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.