West Rockhampton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,810 people in West Rockhampton of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.5% of the population.

The median age of people in West Rockhampton was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in West Rockhampton aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in West Rockhampton was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In West Rockhampton, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in West Rockhampton was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In West Rockhampton 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.1% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 14.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in West Rockhampton were Australian 36.0%, English 24.5%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.4% and German 4.9%.

In West Rockhampton, 82.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.8%, Philippines 0.7%, Malaysia 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

In West Rockhampton, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in West Rockhampton were Catholic 26.5%, Anglican 19.2%, No Religion 15.9%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7%.

In West Rockhampton 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Hindi 0.6%, Burmese 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, Filipino 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 806 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in West Rockhampton. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 23.9% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in West Rockhampton, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in West Rockhampton was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in West Rockhampton included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Professionals 14.0%, Labourers 13.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6% and Managers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in West Rockhampton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 11.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, School Education 3.3%, Residential Care Services 2.5% and Coal Mining 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in West Rockhampton was $514.

In West Rockhampton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 10.7%, Walked only 4.6%, Bus 2.7% and Taxi 1.0%. 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 72.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In West Rockhampton, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 West Rockhampton, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in West Rockhampton, 38.7% were couple families with children, 37.8% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In West Rockhampton 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In West Rockhampton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,954 and those without children was $1,763.

Employment status of couple families

In West Rockhampton, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 16.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In West Rockhampton, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Rockhampton, 95.4% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In West Rockhampton, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 59.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in West Rockhampton, 36.1% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 32.8% were rented.

Household composition

In West Rockhampton, of all households, 67.7% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In West Rockhampton, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 West Rockhampton, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In West Rockhampton, there were 189 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 89 (or 47.1%) were male and 100 (or 52.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 West Rockhampton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In West Rockhampton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $160 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,473.