Ropes Crossing Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Ropes Crossing (2760) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 42 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Ropes Crossing is in the federal electorate of Chifley.

In the 2011 census the population of Ropes Crossing was 1,479 and is comprised of approximately 50.3% females and 49.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Ropes Crossing is 30 years of age.

61.0% of people living in the suburb of Ropes Crossing were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 10.8% Philippines, 2.9% New Zealand, 2.7% England, 2.6% India, 2.2% Fiji, 1.3% Bangladesh, 1.0% South Africa, 0.9% Scotland, 0.8% Afghanistan, 0.7% Korea, Republic of , 0.7% Uruguay, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Zimbabwe, 0.5% Indonesia.

68.5% of people living in Ropes Crossing speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Tagalog, 4.3% Filipino , 3.2% Other, 3.0% Hindi, 2.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.6% Bengali, 1.1% Spanish, 1.0% Arabic, 0.9% Samoan.

The religious makeup of Ropes Crossing is 37.7% Catholic, 16.6% Anglican, 12.0% No religion, 6.2% Islam, 4.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.2% Pentecostal, 3.0% Christian, nfd, 2.4% Uniting Church, 2.4% Hinduism, 2.0% Presbyterian and Reformed.

62.3% of people are married, 26.7% have never married and 4.6% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 44 widowed people living in Ropes Crossing.

73.3% of the people living in Ropes Crossing over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 16.8% are working on a part time basis. Ropes Crossing has an unemployment rate of 4.1%.

The main occupations of people living in Ropes Crossing are 19.8% Professionals, 19.2% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.8% Managers, 11.3% Technicians & trades workers, 11.3% Community & personal service workers, 9.3% Machinery operators & drivers, 7.2% Sales workers, 6.7% Labourers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Ropes Crossing work in are 13.1% Manufacturing, 10.1% Retail trade, 10.0% Health care and social assistance, 9.3% Public administration and safety, 8.1% Financial and insurance services, 7.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 7.5% Wholesale trade, 5.6% Education and training, 5.5% Construction.

12.9% of homes are fully owned, and 67.3% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 14.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $852 per week and the median household income is $1883 per week.

The median rent in Ropes Crossing is $450 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2600 per month.

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