Rouse Hill Demographics (NSW) Local Stats

Rouse Hill (2155) is a suburb of Sydney, Western Sydney, New South Wales. It is about 34 kms from NSW's capital city of Sydney. Rouse Hill is in the federal electorates of Greenway, Mitchell.

In the 2011 census the population of Rouse Hill was 7,482 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rouse Hill is 33 years of age.

69.4% of people living in the suburb of Rouse Hill were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% Philippines, 3.3% England, 2.0% New Zealand, 1.9% South Africa, 1.5% India, 0.9% China , 0.7% Egypt, 0.6% Malta, 0.6% Sri Lanka, 0.6% Fiji, 0.5% Scotland, 0.5% Italy, 0.5% Malaysia, 0.5% Iran.

76.5% of people living in Rouse Hill speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 5.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 2.2% Tagalog, 1.8% Other, 1.4% Arabic, 1.3% Mandarin, 1.2% Italian, 1.1% Hindi, 1.0% Filipino , 0.6% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Rouse Hill is 35.1% Catholic, 21.1% Anglican, 11.0% No religion, 7.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.0% Uniting Church, 2.6% Pentecostal, 2.5% Christian, nfd, 2.3% Islam, 2.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.3% Hinduism.

63.0% of people are married, 25.7% have never married and 6.4% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 107 widowed people living in Rouse Hill.

65.3% of the people living in Rouse Hill 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. Rouse Hill has an unemployment rate of 4.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Rouse Hill are 22.7% Professionals, 17.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.5% Managers, 14.3% Technicians & trades workers, 9.7% Sales workers, 7.4% Community & personal service workers, 5.2% Labourers, 5.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.4% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rouse Hill work in are 11.9% Retail trade, 9.9% Construction, 9.4% Manufacturing, 9.3% Health care and social assistance, 7.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 7.2% Education and training, 7.1% Wholesale trade, 6.1% Public administration and safety, 5.2% Financial and insurance services.

19.6% of homes are fully owned, and 61.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 17.4% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $794 per week and the median household income is $2132 per week.

The median rent in Rouse Hill is $485 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2795 per month.

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