Rocherlea

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,088 people in Rocherlea of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Rocherlea was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 29.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.5% of the population.

Of people in Rocherlea aged 15 years and over, 27.0% were married and 19.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rocherlea was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rocherlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rocherlea was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Rocherlea 33.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rocherlea were English 36.5%, Australian 36.4%, Irish 4.4%, Scottish 3.2% and German 1.5%.

In Rocherlea, 87.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 0.6%, Chile 0.3%, Germany 0.3%, Hungary 0.3% and Netherlands 0.3%.

In Rocherlea, 90.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rocherlea were No Religion 29.6%, Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 2.7% and Christian, nfd 2.6%.

In Rocherlea 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Russian 0.5%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Croatian 0.3% and Auslan 0.3%.

Employment

There were 327 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rocherlea. Of these 37.6% were employed full time, 30.9% were employed part-time and 27.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rocherlea, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 27.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rocherlea was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Rocherlea included Labourers 25.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 18.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.1%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6%, Professionals 4.2% and Managers 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Rocherlea, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, Residential Care Services 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 5.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rocherlea was $333.

In Rocherlea, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Car, as passenger 9.7%, Bus 4.7%, Walked only 2.5% and Bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 7.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rocherlea, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 13.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Rocherlea, 17.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rocherlea, 34.3% were couple families with children, 16.1% were couple families without children and 48.2% were one parent families.

In Rocherlea 10.4% of single parents were male and 89.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rocherlea, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,550 and those without children was $1,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Rocherlea, of couple families with children, 9.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rocherlea, 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocherlea, 84.7% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rocherlea, of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 59.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocherlea, 10.9% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 68.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Rocherlea, of all households, 68.4% were family households, 30.4% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Rocherlea, 54.6% 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 Rocherlea, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rocherlea, there were 117 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 55 (or 47.0%) were male and 62 (or 53.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Rocherlea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $521.

In Rocherlea, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $102 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.