Roches Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 214 people in Roches Beach of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Roches Beach was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Roches Beach aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 7.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Roches Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Roches Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Roches Beach was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Roches Beach 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 29.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Roches Beach were Australian 35.6%, English 35.2%, Irish 6.7%, German 5.6% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Roches Beach, 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.4%, Germany 1.4%, Mexico 1.4%, Papua New Guinea 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Roches Beach, 71.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Roches Beach were Anglican 29.6%, No Religion 29.2%, Catholic 23.6%, Lutheran 3.2% and Uniting Church 1.9%.

In Roches Beach 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 1.9%, German 1.4% and Dutch 1.4%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Roches Beach. Of these 55.9% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Roches Beach, 13.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Roches Beach was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Roches Beach included Professionals 21.8%, Managers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Sales Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2% and Labourers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Roches Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Specialised Food Retailing 4.8%, Building Installation Services 4.0%, Recreational Goods Retailing 4.0%, Central Government Administration 4.0% and Tertiary Education 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Roches Beach was $741.

In Roches Beach, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.5%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Bus 4.0% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.4%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Roches Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.0% 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 Roches Beach, 37.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Roches Beach, 48.6% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 4.3% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Roches Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,187 and those without children was $3,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Roches Beach, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 12.3% had both employed part-time and 26.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Roches Beach, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roches Beach, 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 Roches Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 41.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Roches Beach, 54.2% were owned outright, 45.8% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Roches Beach, of all households, 91.7% were family households, 4.2% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Roches Beach, 5.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 32.2% 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 Roches Beach, 4.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 45.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Roches Beach, 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 0 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 Roches Beach, 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 Roches Beach, 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.