Romsey Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Romsey (3434) is a suburb of Northern Victoria, Bendigo, Victoria. It is about 55 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Romsey is in the federal electorate of McEwen.

In the 2011 census the population of Romsey was 4,412 and is comprised of approximately 50.5% females and 49.5% males.

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

85.9% of people living in the suburb of Romsey were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.7% England, 1.0% New Zealand, 0.7% Germany, 0.6% Scotland, 0.6% Malta, 0.4% Netherlands, 0.4% Italy, 0.3% Ireland, 0.3% Finland, 0.2% Sri Lanka, 0.2% India, 0.2% Philippines, 0.2% United States of America, 0.2% Thailand.

93.6% of people living in Romsey speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 2.6% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Italian, 0.4% Maltese, 0.4% Other, 0.3% German, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Spanish, 0.2% Arabic, 0.2% Russian.

The religious makeup of Romsey is 28.9% Catholic, 27.0% No religion, 18.1% Anglican, 7.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.8% Uniting Church, 3.3% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.0% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Pentecostal, 0.8% Eastern Orthodox, 0.7% Baptist.

56.3% of people are married, 30.0% have never married and 7.0% are divorced and 2.9% are separated. There are 126 widowed people living in Romsey.

59.2% of the people living in Romsey over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 30.2% are working on a part time basis. Romsey has an unemployment rate of 3.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Romsey are 20.0% Technicians & trades workers, 15.8% Professionals, 13.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Managers, 10.6% Community & personal service workers, 10.6% Labourers, 8.6% Sales workers, 7.2% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.1% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Romsey work in are 10.5% Construction, 10.3% Transport, postal and warehousing, 10.3% Retail trade, 9.7% Health care and social assistance, 9.4% Manufacturing, 8.0% Education and training, 6.7% Public administration and safety, 5.1% Other services, 4.6% Professional, scientific and technical services.

30.7% of homes are fully owned, and 54.6% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 11.7% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $589 per week and the median household income is $1401 per week.

The median rent in Romsey is $250 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1543 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Romsey postcode 3434