Rocky Camp

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 254 people in Rocky Camp of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Rocky Camp was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Rocky Camp aged 15 years and over, 68.6% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rocky Camp was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Rocky Camp, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rocky Camp was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Rocky Camp 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.5% were in primary school, 23.2% in secondary school and 10.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rocky Camp were Australian 34.8%, English 30.2%, Scottish 8.2%, Irish 7.6% and German 5.5%.

In Rocky Camp, 90.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.0%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2% and Spain 1.2%.

In Rocky Camp, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rocky Camp were Catholic 28.5%, No Religion 28.5%, Anglican 11.5%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7%.

In Rocky Camp 98.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Spanish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rocky Camp. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 36.5% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rocky Camp, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rocky Camp was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Rocky Camp included Managers 29.9%, Professionals 12.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.9%, Labourers 10.9%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Rocky Camp, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.4%, Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 8.8%, Residential Care Services 6.1%, School Education 4.1% and Motor Vehicle Retailing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rocky Camp was $573.

In Rocky Camp, on the day of the Census, the only response for methods of travel to work for employed people was Car, as driver 72.6%. 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 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rocky Camp, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 15.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.5% 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 Rocky Camp, 32.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rocky Camp, 33.0% were couple families with children, 52.3% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Rocky Camp 36.4% of single parents were male and 63.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rocky Camp, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Rocky Camp, of couple families with children, 17.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rocky Camp, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocky Camp, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Rocky Camp, of occupied private dwellings 4.9% had 1 bedroom, 4.9% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocky Camp, 50.0% were owned outright, 41.3% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Rocky Camp, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Rocky Camp, 18.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Rocky Camp, 14.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rocky Camp, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Rocky Camp, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rocky Camp, 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.