Robe

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,018 people in Robe of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Robe was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.9% of the population.

Of people in Robe aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Robe was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Robe, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Robe was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Robe 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Robe were English 33.8%, Australian 31.1%, Scottish 9.1%, German 6.2% and Irish 6.2%.

In Robe, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Scotland 0.6%, United States of America 0.6%, Croatia 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

In Robe, 79.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Robe were No Religion 30.4%, Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 13.0%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Lutheran 3.3%.

In Robe 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Afrikaans 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Hindi 0.3% and Vietnamese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 529 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Robe. Of these 47.6% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Robe, 19.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Robe was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Robe included Managers 27.3%, Labourers 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Professionals 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Robe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 10.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 8.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.1% and School Education 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Robe was $536.

In Robe, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.4%, Walked only 6.7%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Bicycle 1.0% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Robe, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.7% 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 Robe, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Robe, 33.3% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Robe 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Robe, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,888 and those without children was $1,268.

Employment status of couple families

In Robe, of couple families with children, 14.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Robe, 39.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 60.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Robe, 91.3% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Robe, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 58.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Robe, 42.0% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Robe, of all households, 66.4% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Robe, 32.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Robe, 36.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Robe, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 68.8%) were male and 5 (or 31.2%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Robe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Robe, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,725.