Rockhampton City

11.1% of Rockhampton City's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

429 family households lived in Rockhampton City; 21.4% were couple families and 31.9% were one-parent families.

32.2% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Rockhampton City had 2,059 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

33.0% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 61.3% of occupied private dwellings in Rockhampton City.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 8.9% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 28.3% of occupied private dwellings.

23.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

20.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

55.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Rockhampton City had 2.0 people.

One-person households made up 44.0% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 33.4%, while 11.1% had four or more usual residents.

4.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

58.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

0.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 14.0% walked or cycled.

13.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 47.0% of the total.

39.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

46.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 53.1% reported a different address.

13.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

81.2% of residents used only English at home.

7.9% used a language other than English at home.

0.5% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.3% spoke Hindi.

13.1% of Rockhampton City's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.9% was born in Australia.

0.9% of residents were born in China.

1.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 39.1% of ancestry responses in Rockhampton City.

Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 2.2% of responses.

18.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Managers accounted for 10.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.7% of workers, and education and training employed 6.2%.

The labour-force participation rate was 52.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

27.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.6% worked part time.

Unemployment was 12.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

44.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.7% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 8.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 38.1%.

Median household income was $1,118 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 $250 per week.

Working from home was 4.1% in Rockhampton City, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 23.6% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 55.6% in Rockhampton City, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.