Rouchel

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 298 people in Rouchel of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Rouchel was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Rouchel aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rouchel was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Rouchel, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rouchel was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Rouchel 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rouchel were English 33.9%, Australian 32.4%, Scottish 14.7%, Irish 7.9% and German 3.2%.

In Rouchel, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, New Zealand 2.7%, Malaysia 1.0%, St Helena 1.0% and Thailand 1.0%.

In Rouchel, 79.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rouchel were Anglican 43.9%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 14.9%, No Religion 12.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Rouchel 96.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 189 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rouchel. Of these 69.3% were employed full time, 24.3% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rouchel, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rouchel was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Rouchel included Managers 27.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Professionals 13.9%, Labourers 11.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Rouchel, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.9%, Other Livestock Farming 18.5%, Coal Mining 7.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5% and Clothing, Footwear and Personal Accessory Retailing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rouchel was $659.

In Rouchel, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.0%, Walked only 4.4%, Bus 1.7%, Truck 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.7%. On the day, 1.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rouchel, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.3% 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 Rouchel, 22.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rouchel, 50.6% were couple families with children, 40.7% were couple families without children and 8.6% were one parent families.

In Rouchel 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rouchel, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Rouchel, of couple families with children, 31.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 31.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rouchel, 75.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rouchel, 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 Rouchel, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.2% had 2 bedrooms and 39.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rouchel, 43.2% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 28.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rouchel, of all households, 84.8% were family households, 15.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rouchel, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.3% 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 Rouchel, 16.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rouchel, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Rouchel, 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 Rouchel, 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.