Rockley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 225 people in Rockley of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Rockley was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Rockley aged 15 years and over, 37.5% were married and 15.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rockley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Rockley, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rockley was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Rockley 33.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.3% were in primary school, 11.4% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rockley were English 30.4%, Australian 24.7%, Scottish 13.2%, Irish 9.8% and German 2.4%.

In Rockley, 76.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.2%, Germany 1.3%, Ireland 1.3% and Turkey 1.3%.

In Rockley, 74.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rockley were Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 24.7%, No Religion 15.9%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Rockley 85.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Turkish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 104 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rockley. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rockley, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rockley was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 59 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Rockley were Managers 27.1%, Labourers 19.8%, Professionals 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Rockley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.4%, School Education 10.3%, Accommodation 9.3%, Warehousing and Storage Services 5.2% and Other Administrative Services 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rockley was $482.

In Rockley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Truck 4.2% and Walked only 4.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rockley, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Rockley, 35.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rockley, 32.7% were couple families with children, 43.6% were couple families without children and 23.6% were one parent families.

In Rockley 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rockley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,449.

Employment status of couple families

In Rockley, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 8.9% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rockley, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockley, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rockley, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockley, 46.0% were owned outright, 26.4% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Rockley, of all households, 61.8% were family households, 33.7% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Rockley, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Rockley, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rockley, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 38 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Rockley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rockley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.