Rocky Gully (WA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 369 people in Rocky Gully (WA) of these 64.5% were male and 35.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Rocky Gully (WA) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Rocky Gully (WA) aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rocky Gully (WA) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Rocky Gully (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rocky Gully (WA) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Rocky Gully (WA) 41.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.9% were in primary school, 11.8% in secondary school and 5.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rocky Gully (WA) were Australian 29.8%, English 24.7%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 6.0% and Afghan 1.5%.

In Rocky Gully (WA), 61.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Indonesia 10.7%, New Zealand 3.0%, Afghanistan 1.6%, South Africa 1.6% and Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 1.4%.

In Rocky Gully (WA), 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rocky Gully (WA) were No Religion 27.9%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 6.6%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Rocky Gully (WA) 68.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Pashto 0.8%, Hazaraghi 0.8% and Japanese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rocky Gully (WA). Of these 52.9% were employed full time, 37.4% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rocky Gully (WA), 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rocky Gully (WA) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Rocky Gully (WA) were Managers 46.4%, Labourers 24.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Professionals 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Rocky Gully (WA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 33.3%, School Education 7.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.2%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.2% and Dairy Cattle Farming 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rocky Gully (WA) was $514.

In Rocky Gully (WA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.1%, Car, as passenger 10.5%, Walked only 5.9%, Other 3.3% and Truck 2.0%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 53.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rocky Gully (WA), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.8% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Rocky Gully (WA), 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rocky Gully (WA), 43.1% were couple families with children, 48.6% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Rocky Gully (WA) 57.1% of single parents were male and 42.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rocky Gully (WA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,424 and those without children was $1,024.

Employment status of couple families

In Rocky Gully (WA), of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 32.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rocky Gully (WA), 71.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 28.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocky Gully (WA), 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 Rocky Gully (WA), of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rocky Gully (WA), 47.1% were owned outright, 21.8% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rocky Gully (WA), of all households, 61.2% were family households, 35.3% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Rocky Gully (WA), 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Rocky Gully (WA), 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rocky Gully (WA), there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 9 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 Rocky Gully (WA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Rocky Gully (WA), 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.