West Rockhampton

19.3% of West Rockhampton's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

496 family households lived in West Rockhampton; 34.1% were couple families and 26.8% were one-parent families.

38.3% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

West Rockhampton had 1,848 residents at the 2021 Census.

25.6% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

29.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Separate houses made up 89.3% of occupied private dwellings in West Rockhampton.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 7.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 4.1% of occupied private dwellings.

30.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

34.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.

34.2% rented their home. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

The average household in West Rockhampton had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 30.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 34.9%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.

3.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

69.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.8% used only a train, tram or bus, while 4.0% walked or cycled.

6.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

One-car households formed 43.5% of the total.

49.8% of households had two or more vehicles.

61.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 38.5% reported a different address.

6.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

88.4% of residents used only English at home.

4.6% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.5% spoke Hindi.

6.8% of West Rockhampton's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 93.2% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

1.1% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 40.9% of ancestry responses in West Rockhampton.

Australian ancestry made up 41.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.0% of responses.

19.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 7.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.7%.

Health care and social assistance employed 22.8% of workers, and education and training employed 10.1%.

The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

33.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.9%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

51.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

13.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

11.0% reported asthma, 10.8% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

18.0% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 9.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.1%.

Median household income was $1,350 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,215.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $258 per week.

Working from home was 3.2% in West Rockhampton, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 30.9% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 34.2% in West Rockhampton, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.