Two Rocks

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,853 people in Two Rocks of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Two Rocks was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in Two Rocks aged 15 years and over, 46.0% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Two Rocks was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Two Rocks, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Two Rocks was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Two Rocks 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Two Rocks were English 31.8%, Australian 28.7%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 7.2% and German 3.2%.

In Two Rocks, 65.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.8%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 1.3%, South Africa 1.1% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Two Rocks, 48.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Two Rocks were No Religion 32.8%, Anglican 24.5%, Catholic 17.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.3%.

In Two Rocks 87.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.8%, German 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, French 0.4% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 735 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Two Rocks. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 28.3% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Two Rocks, 12.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Two Rocks was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Two Rocks included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.6%, Labourers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Professionals 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Managers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Two Rocks, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Metal Ore Mining 5.3%, Residential Care Services 3.4%, Other Mining Support Services 2.9% and Road Freight Transport 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Two Rocks was $469.

In Two Rocks, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.6%, Other 4.3%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bus 2.5% and Walked only 2.4%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Two Rocks, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Two Rocks, 25.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Two Rocks, 34.0% were couple families with children, 45.9% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Two Rocks 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Two Rocks, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,982 and those without children was $1,785.

Employment status of couple families

In Two Rocks, of couple families with children, 11.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 12.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Two Rocks, 77.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Two Rocks, 98.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

In Two Rocks, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Two Rocks, 32.1% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 29.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Two Rocks, of all households, 70.2% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Two Rocks, 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Two Rocks, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Two Rocks, there were 56 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 37.5%) were male and 35 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Two Rocks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,041.

In Two Rocks, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,000.