Rockhampton City

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,244 people in Rockhampton City of these 52.5% were male and 47.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Rockhampton City was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Rockhampton City aged 15 years and over, 27.6% were married and 19.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rockhampton City was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Rockhampton City, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rockhampton City was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Rockhampton City 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.7% were in primary school, 11.9% in secondary school and 13.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rockhampton City were Australian 30.2%, English 29.5%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 6.2% and German 3.2%.

In Rockhampton City, 78.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.1%, England 1.4%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.6%, Philippines 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Rockhampton City, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rockhampton City were Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 21.6%, Anglican 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Rockhampton City 82.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 0.6%, Tamil 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 968 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rockhampton City. Of these 61.0% were employed full time, 23.2% were employed part-time and 10.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rockhampton City, 7.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rockhampton City was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Rockhampton City included Labourers 20.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.7%, Managers 13.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.5%, Professionals 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Sales Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Rockhampton City, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 7.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.1%, Hospitals 4.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.7% and Rail Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rockhampton City was $474.

In Rockhampton City, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Walked only 13.9%, Car, as passenger 8.7%, Bus 2.5% and Bicycle 2.3%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rockhampton City, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.6% provided care for children and 8.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.0% 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 Rockhampton City, 20.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rockhampton City, 29.6% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 30.7% were one parent families.

In Rockhampton City 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rockhampton City, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,019 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Rockhampton City, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 13.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rockhampton City, 87.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockhampton City, 70.7% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Rockhampton City, of occupied private dwellings 9.6% had 1 bedroom, 36.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rockhampton City, 21.7% were owned outright, 19.4% were owned with a mortgage and 53.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Rockhampton City, of all households, 51.4% were family households, 41.2% were single person households and 7.3% were group households.

In Rockhampton City, 36.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Rockhampton City, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 21.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rockhampton City, there were 205 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 100 (or 48.8%) were male and 105 (or 51.2%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Rockhampton City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Rockhampton City, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,091.