Royston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 320 people in Royston of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Royston was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Royston aged 15 years and over, 57.3% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Royston was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Royston, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Royston was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Royston 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.9% were in primary school, 32.3% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Royston were English 35.1%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 10.5%, German 8.4% and Irish 7.6%.

In Royston, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 2.8%, Germany 1.6%, Scotland 1.2% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Royston, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Royston were No Religion 25.0%, Anglican 24.1%, Catholic 18.8%, Uniting Church 9.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Royston 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.5% and Czech 0.9%.

Employment

There were 159 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Royston. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Royston, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Royston was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Royston included Clerical and Administrative Workers 22.0%, Professionals 14.7%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Labourers 10.7%, Managers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Royston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.6%, Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 4.6%, School Education 4.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Royston was $423.

In Royston, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Train, car as driver 3.3%, Truck 2.6% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Royston, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.4% 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, 18.6% 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 Royston, 32.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Royston, 38.6% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 16.8% were one parent families.

In Royston 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Royston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,018.

Employment status of couple families

In Royston, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Royston, 92.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Royston, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Royston, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.5% had 2 bedrooms and 40.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Royston, 39.1% were owned outright, 51.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Royston, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 11.3% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Royston, 25.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.4% 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 Royston, 28.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Royston, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 57.1%) were male and 3 (or 42.9%) 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 Royston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Royston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.