Rockbank - Mount Cottrell

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,660 people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell of these 59.5% were male and 40.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell 54.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.6% were in primary school, 6.6% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell were Australian 15.0%, English 13.3%, Maltese 11.5%, Irish 2.8% and Italian 2.8%.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 65.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malta 5.1%, Vietnam 3.6%, Indonesia 1.8%, New Zealand 1.8% and England 1.4%.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 45.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell were Catholic 28.4%, No Religion 9.7%, Anglican 6.4%, Eastern Orthodox 2.9% and Islam 2.1%.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell 43.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 6.9%, Italian 1.6%, Greek 1.3%, Turkish 0.9% and Macedonian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 806 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell included Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Labourers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Sales Workers 10.9%, Managers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7% and Professionals 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 8.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Building Structure Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell was $481.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.4%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Truck 4.7%, Walked only 2.1% and Other 1.3%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, of people aged 15 years and over, 35.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.4% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.8% 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 12.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 5.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 47.1% were couple families with children, 34.3% were couple families without children and 17.7% were one parent families.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell 17.1% of single parents were male and 82.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,105 and those without children was $1,329.

Employment status of couple families

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 78.1% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 18.9% were other dwellings.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, of occupied private dwellings 14.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 46.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 41.1% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 24.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.3% 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, there were 90 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57 (or 63.3%) were male and 33 (or 36.7%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $974.

In Rockbank - Mount Cottrell, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,567.