Rocksberg

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 302 people in Rocksberg of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rocksberg was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.4% of the population.

Of people in Rocksberg aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rocksberg was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rocksberg, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rocksberg was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Rocksberg 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.9% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rocksberg were English 31.0%, Australian 29.6%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 5.9% and German 5.4%.

In Rocksberg, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 2.3%, Indonesia 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Rocksberg, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rocksberg were No Religion 18.7%, Catholic 17.3%, Anglican 13.7%, Lutheran 12.0% and Uniting Church 7.3%.

In Rocksberg 88.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0%, Dutch 1.0% and Indonesian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 151 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rocksberg. Of these 47.0% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rocksberg, 23.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rocksberg was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Rocksberg included Professionals 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.6%, Managers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 12.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Rocksberg, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 3.5%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.1% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rocksberg was $503.

In Rocksberg, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.1%, Train 2.9%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.9% and Train, car as driver 2.9%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rocksberg, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.2% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Rocksberg, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rocksberg, 43.2% were couple families with children, 35.8% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Rocksberg 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rocksberg, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Rocksberg, of couple families with children, 13.1% had both partners employed full-time, 13.1% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rocksberg, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocksberg, 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 Rocksberg, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 12.2% had 2 bedrooms and 32.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocksberg, 46.2% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rocksberg, of all households, 75.8% were family households, 20.9% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Rocksberg, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.9% 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 Rocksberg, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rocksberg, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Rocksberg, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Rocksberg, 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.