Roselands Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Roselands (2196) is a suburb of Sydney, Canterbury/Bankstown, New South Wales. It is about 14 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Roselands is in the federal electorate of Watson.

In the 2011 census the population of Roselands was 11,167 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Roselands is 36 years of age.

56.8% of people living in the suburb of Roselands were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 5.6% Lebanon, 3.8% Greece, 3.1% China , 1.7% Vietnam, 1.6% New Zealand, 1.3% Italy, 1.1% Egypt, 1.0% England, 1.0% Cyprus, 1.0% Philippines, 0.9% Indonesia, 0.9% Portugal, 0.8% Hong Kong , 0.8% Bangladesh.

36.8% of people living in Roselands speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 16.6% Arabic, 14.0% Greek, 5.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.0% Cantonese, 2.7% Other, 2.4% Italian, 2.4% Mandarin, 2.0% Vietnamese, 1.5% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Roselands is 26.2% Catholic, 19.1% Eastern Orthodox, 17.0% Islam, 8.0% No religion, 7.5% Anglican, 7.3% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.5% Buddhism, 1.6% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.6% Uniting Church, 1.4% Christian, nfd.

53.3% of people are married, 29.9% have never married and 7.5% are divorced and 3.3% are separated. There are 533 widowed people living in Roselands.

60.9% of the people living in Roselands over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.5% are working on a part time basis. Roselands has an unemployment rate of 6.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Roselands are 18.1% Professionals, 17.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.2% Technicians & trades workers, 11.4% Managers, 10.5% Sales workers, 8.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.4% Community & personal service workers, 8.0% Labourers, 2.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Roselands work in are 11.5% Retail trade, 9.5% Health care and social assistance, 9.4% Manufacturing, 9.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 8.5% Construction, 6.6% Education and training, 6.3% Accommodation and food services, 5.6% Public administration and safety, 5.6% Financial and insurance services.

33.3% of homes are fully owned, and 34.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.1% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $486 per week and the median household income is $1157 per week.

The median rent in Roselands is $310 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2167 per month.

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