Rose Bay Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Rose Bay (7015) is a suburb of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania. It is about 4 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Rose Bay is in the federal electorate of Franklin.

In the 2011 census the population of Rose Bay was 1,076 and is comprised of approximately 52.1% females and 47.9% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rose Bay is 48 years of age.

87.1% of people living in the suburb of Rose Bay were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% England, 0.9% New Zealand, 0.9% Ireland, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% Iraq, 0.5% Japan, 0.5% South Africa, 0.5% Korea, Republic of , 0.5% Poland, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Germany.

95.0% of people living in Rose Bay speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.2% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Arabic, 0.3% Thai, 0.3% Hindi, 0.3% Greek, 0.3% Other, 0.3% Polish, 0.3% Korean, 0.3% German.

The religious makeup of Rose Bay is 28.3% Anglican, 27.7% No religion, 19.1% Catholic, 6.2% Uniting Church, 5.7% Religious affiliation not stated, 3.1% Christian, nfd, 2.1% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.7% Other religious affiliation , 1.2% Baptist, 0.9% Salvation Army.

51.9% of people are married, 25.1% have never married and 12.4% are divorced and 3.2% are separated. There are 68 widowed people living in Rose Bay.

57.3% of the people living in Rose Bay over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.8% are working on a part time basis. Rose Bay has an unemployment rate of 3.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Rose Bay are 29.5% Professionals, 17.5% Managers, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.1% Sales workers, 10.3% Technicians & trades workers, 8.5% Community & personal service workers, 3.9% Labourers, 3.7% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rose Bay work in are 14.2% Public administration and safety, 13.6% Education and training, 10.9% Health care and social assistance, 10.3% Retail trade, 7.4% Construction, 7.0% Accommodation and food services, 6.2% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.5% Financial and insurance services, 4.3% Transport, postal and warehousing.

47.3% of homes are fully owned, and 28.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.3% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $673 per week and the median household income is $1297 per week.

The median rent in Rose Bay is $265 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1755 per month.

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