East Rockingham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 113 people in East Rockingham of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in East Rockingham was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 55.4% of the population.

Of people in East Rockingham aged 15 years and over, 32.1% were married and 37.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Rockingham was 70 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In East Rockingham, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Rockingham was 70 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In East Rockingham 14.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.6% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Rockingham were English 39.9%, Australian 23.0%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 5.4% and German 2.7%.

In East Rockingham, 53.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 23.5%, Germany 2.6%, Ireland 2.6%, Netherlands 2.6% and New Zealand 2.6%.

In East Rockingham, 35.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Rockingham were Anglican 41.1%, No Religion 14.3%, Catholic 13.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.4% and Uniting Church 4.5%.

In East Rockingham 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 32 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Rockingham. Of these 71.9% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Rockingham, 25.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Rockingham was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 70 years.

The only other responses for occupation in East Rockingham were Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 18.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.6%, Labourers 15.6%, Managers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4% and Sales Workers 9.4%.

Of the employed people in East Rockingham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 15.6%, Building Completion Services 12.5%, Accommodation 12.5%, Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 9.4% and Professional and Scientific Equipment Manufacturing 9.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Rockingham was $377.

In East Rockingham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.5%, Taxi 9.1%, Car, as passenger 9.1%, Other 9.1% and Walked only 9.1%. 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 67.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Rockingham, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 6.6% provided care for children and 7.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.4% 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 East Rockingham, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Rockingham, 26.1% were couple families with children, 60.9% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In East Rockingham 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Rockingham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

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

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Rockingham, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Rockingham, 4.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 95.5% were other dwellings.

In East Rockingham, of occupied private dwellings 31.8% had 1 bedroom, 56.1% had 2 bedrooms and 6.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.6. The average household size was 1.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Rockingham, 73.9% were owned outright, 4.3% were owned with a mortgage and 17.4% were rented.

Household composition

In East Rockingham, of all households, 37.9% were family households, 62.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In East Rockingham, 57.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 East Rockingham, 60.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 14.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 4.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Rockingham, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 East Rockingham, 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 East Rockingham, 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.