Rose Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,397 people in Rose Park of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rose Park was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.2% of the population.

Of people in Rose Park aged 15 years and over, 49.1% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rose Park was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rose Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rose Park was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Rose Park 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.1% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 33.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rose Park were English 26.2%, Australian 23.8%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.6% and Chinese 6.2%.

In Rose Park, 67.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Malaysia 3.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, Italy 2.0% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.6%.

In Rose Park, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rose Park were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 23.7%, Anglican 17.2%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Eastern Orthodox 3.4%.

In Rose Park 77.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 4.7%, Italian 3.0%, Cantonese 2.4%, Greek 1.5% and Malay 1.2%.

Employment

There were 709 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rose Park. Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rose Park, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rose Park was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Rose Park included Professionals 47.3%, Managers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Labourers 3.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Rose Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 9.4%, Hospitals 7.8%, Tertiary Education 4.4%, School Education 3.7% and Medical Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rose Park was $829.

In Rose Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Walked only 6.5%, Bicycle 5.6%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Bus 4.9%. On the day, 5.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rose Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Rose Park, 29.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rose Park, 46.0% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Rose Park 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rose Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,520 and those without children was $2,874.

Employment status of couple families

In Rose Park, of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 26.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rose Park, 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rose Park, 58.2% were separate houses, 12.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rose Park, of occupied private dwellings 11.7% had 1 bedroom, 23.4% had 2 bedrooms and 39.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rose Park, 36.9% were owned outright, 28.7% were owned with a mortgage and 33.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rose Park, of all households, 65.3% were family households, 30.8% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Rose Park, 16.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.2% 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 Rose Park, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rose Park, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Rose Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rose Park, 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.