Rooty Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Rooty Hill (2766) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 35 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Rooty Hill is in the federal electorate of Chifley.

In the 2011 census the population of Rooty Hill was 13,377 and is comprised of approximately 51.6% females and 48.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rooty Hill is 34 years of age.

48.7% of people living in the suburb of Rooty Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 16.7% Philippines, 3.4% Fiji, 2.4% India, 2.4% New Zealand, 1.5% England, 1.3% Malta, 1.2% Pakistan, 0.9% Sudan, 0.8% Samoa, 0.8% Iraq, 0.8% China , 0.7% Bangladesh, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Italy.

49.3% of people living in Rooty Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 10.6% Tagalog, 6.4% Filipino , 4.3% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.2% Hindi, 3.6% Other, 2.8% Arabic, 1.9% Urdu, 1.6% Spanish, 1.4% Samoan.

The religious makeup of Rooty Hill is 43.8% Catholic, 11.4% Anglican, 6.5% No religion, 5.6% Islam, 5.6% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.4% Hinduism, 3.4% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Pentecostal, 2.1% Uniting Church, 1.8% Presbyterian and Reformed.

50.4% of people are married, 32.8% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 3.5% are separated. There are 730 widowed people living in Rooty Hill.

64.7% of the people living in Rooty Hill over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 22.3% are working on a part time basis. Rooty Hill has an unemployment rate of 6.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Rooty Hill are 19.1% Clerical & administrative workers, 14.7% Professionals, 13.7% Technicians & trades workers, 13.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.9% Labourers, 9.4% Community & personal service workers, 8.8% Sales workers, 6.3% Managers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rooty Hill work in are 14.1% Manufacturing, 12.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.9% Retail trade, 8.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.6% Construction, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.9% Accommodation and food services, 5.8% Financial and insurance services, 5.7% Wholesale trade.

26.1% of homes are fully owned, and 44.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 26.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $527 per week and the median household income is $1422 per week.

The median rent in Rooty Hill is $320 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2024 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Rooty Hill postcode 2766