Rockville

19.8% of Rockville's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

797 family households lived in Rockville; 31.0% were couple families and 26.2% were one-parent families.

36.9% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Rockville had 3,204 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.3% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 81.2% of occupied private dwellings in Rockville.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 5.2% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 13.7% of occupied private dwellings.

28.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

30.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

41.6% rented their home. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in Rockville had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 35.0%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.

4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

70.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

0.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.

8.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.8% of the total.

48.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

57.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 42.7% reported a different address.

11.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

85.3% of residents used only English at home.

8.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.2% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

11.4% of Rockville's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 88.6% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.1%.

English ancestry accounted for 37.3% of ancestry responses in Rockville.

Australian ancestry made up 37.1% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.

11.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 10.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 21.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 53.1%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.3% worked part time.

Unemployment was 8.4%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

46.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

16.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

12.1% reported asthma, 12.9% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.2% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.2%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.3%.

Median household income was $1,157 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,250.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 4.8% in Rockville, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 28.5% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 41.6% in Rockville, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.