Rocklea

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,461 people were counted in Rocklea: of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Of the total population 2.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea there were 248 children aged 0-14 years and 326 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 1,297 people were Australian citizens, 349 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 35.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 18.3% were separated or divorced, 9.0% were widowed and 38.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 71.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Rocklea were New Zealand 4.0%, England 3.4%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.8%, Viet Nam 1.6% and Russian Federation 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Rocklea on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 19.7%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Orthodox 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Russian 2.9%, Vietnamese 2.7%, Serbian 0.8%, Mandarin 0.8% and Polish 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 724 people aged 15 years and over in Rocklea were in the labour force. Of these 62.3% worked full-time, 24.0% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.2% were unemployed. 441 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Professionals 4.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8% and Managers and Administrators 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Rocklea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 3.5%, Health Services 3.4%, Motor Vehicle Retailing and Services 3.3% and Road Transport 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 374 families were counted: of these, 39.8% were couple families without children, 38.5% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 3.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 606 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Rocklea, 92.1% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 32.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.7% were being purchased and 36.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 41.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 51.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Rocklea, 61.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.4% were single (or lone) person households and 6.9% were group households.