Rosewood Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Rosewood (4340) is a suburb of Brisbane, Ipswich, Queensland. It is about 47 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Rosewood is in the federal electorate of Blair.

In the 2011 census the population of Rosewood was 2,746 and is comprised of approximately 52.0% females and 48.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rosewood is 38 years of age.

85.7% of people living in the suburb of Rosewood were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.5% England, 1.8% New Zealand, 0.9% Scotland, 0.4% Inadequately described, 0.4% Malaysia, 0.3% United States of America, 0.3% Germany, 0.2% South Africa, 0.2% Wales, 0.2% Netherlands, 0.2% China , 0.2% Philippines, 0.1% Italy, 0.1% Croatia.

94.1% of people living in Rosewood speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.3% Dutch, 0.1% Tagalog, 0.1% Spanish, 0.1% Arabic, 0.1% Russian, 0.1% Australian Indigenous Languages , 0.1% Mandarin, 0.1% Cantonese.

The religious makeup of Rosewood is 21.0% Catholic, 20.5% No religion, 18.4% Anglican, 9.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 9.5% Uniting Church, 4.9% Lutheran, 3.5% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.3% Baptist, 3.0% Latter-day Saints, 1.7% Christian, nfd.

47.1% of people are married, 31.3% have never married and 9.4% are divorced and 3.7% are separated. There are 182 widowed people living in Rosewood.

62.0% of the people living in Rosewood over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 25.4% are working on a part time basis. Rosewood has an unemployment rate of 6.6%.

The main occupations of people living in Rosewood are 15.9% Technicians & trades workers, 14.9% Labourers, 13.5% Clerical & administrative workers, 12.1% Community & personal service workers, 11.8% Machinery operators & drivers, 10.6% Professionals, 9.6% Sales workers, 8.7% Managers, 3.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rosewood work in are 12.8% Manufacturing, 11.6% Health care and social assistance, 11.5% Retail trade, 11.1% Public administration and safety, 7.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 6.9% Education and training, 6.5% Construction, 5.1% Accommodation and food services, 4.9% Professional, scientific and technical services.

32.8% of homes are fully owned, and 30.7% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 32.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $499 per week and the median household income is $1027 per week.

The median rent in Rosewood is $270 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1450 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Rosewood postcode 4340