Roebourne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,410 people in Roebourne of these 65.0% were male and 35.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 55.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Roebourne was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.5% of the population.

Of people in Roebourne aged 15 years and over, 31.6% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roebourne was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Roebourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 21.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roebourne was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Roebourne 40.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.3% were in primary school, 7.2% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roebourne were Australian 33.6%, English 16.1%, Australian Aboriginal 11.0%, Irish 3.9% and Scottish 3.3%.

In Roebourne, 66.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.3%, England 1.0%, Philippines 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and South Africa 0.3%.

In Roebourne, 76.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roebourne were No Religion 32.5%, Catholic 11.3%, Anglican 9.0%, Christian, nfd 7.2% and Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 2.0%.

In Roebourne 53.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Yindjibarndi 15.5%, Ngarluma 1.8%, Banyjima 1.1%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 598 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roebourne. Of these 71.6% were employed full time, 11.4% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roebourne, 4.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 70.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roebourne was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Roebourne included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 18.1%, Professionals 12.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.8%, Managers 5.8% and Sales Workers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in Roebourne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 9.9%, Non-Residential Building Construction 9.1%, Metal Ore Mining 8.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.3% and Other Mining Support Services 5.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roebourne was $935.

In Roebourne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 37.2%, Bus 17.0%, Walked only 14.8%, Car, as passenger 14.1% and Other 5.3%. On the day, 18.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roebourne, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.8% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.9% 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 Roebourne, 13.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roebourne, 32.0% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children and 29.4% were one parent families.

In Roebourne 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Roebourne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,444 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Roebourne, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 14.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roebourne, 80.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roebourne, 77.6% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 12.1% were other dwellings.

In Roebourne, of occupied private dwellings 11.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 42.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 3.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roebourne, 19.0% were owned outright, 13.9% were owned with a mortgage and 59.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Roebourne, of all households, 81.1% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Roebourne, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.7% 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 Roebourne, 31.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roebourne, there were 784 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 470 (or 59.9%) were male and 314 (or 40.1%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Roebourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Roebourne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.