Rochester

14.0% of Rochester's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

835 family households lived in Rochester; 30.3% were couple families and 15.2% were one-parent families.

25.5% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Rochester had 3,154 residents at the 2021 Census.

16.2% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

47.8% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 93.1% of occupied private dwellings in Rochester.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.5% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

51.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

28.2% were buying their home with a mortgage.

20.0% rented their home. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Rochester had 2.2 people.

One-person households made up 34.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 15.7% had four or more usual residents.

7.7% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

68.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

0.2% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.8% walked or cycled.

5.3% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

One-car households formed 36.6% of the total.

58.9% of households had two or more vehicles.

67.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 32.8% reported a different address.

5.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

91.1% of residents used only English at home.

2.2% used a language other than English at home.

0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

5.7% of Rochester's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 94.3% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 43.8% of ancestry responses in Rochester.

Australian ancestry made up 44.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

13.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 14.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.3%.

Health care and social assistance employed 16.9% of workers, and education and training employed 7.6%.

The labour-force participation rate was 47.4%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

24.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.7%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

48.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

11.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 15.2% arthritis and 7.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.7% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 44.1%.

Median household income was $1,073 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,083.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.

Working from home was 7.7% in Rochester, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 51.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 20.0% in Rochester, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..