Rochedale Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Rochedale (4123) is a suburb of Brisbane, Eastern Suburbs, Queensland. It is about 15 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Rochedale is in the federal electorate of Bonner.

In the 2011 census the population of Rochedale was 1,092 and is comprised of approximately 49.5% females and 50.5% males.

The median/average age of the population of Rochedale is 43 years of age.

65.0% of people living in the suburb of Rochedale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 3.8% Taiwan, 3.7% England, 3.5% New Zealand, 1.3% China , 1.3% United States of America, 1.2% Italy, 1.1% Germany, 1.0% Papua New Guinea, 1.0% India, 0.8% Fiji, 0.7% South Africa, 0.5% Kenya, 0.5% Netherlands, 0.5% Greece.

72.3% of people living in Rochedale speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 11.0% Language spoken at home not stated, 4.4% Mandarin, 1.6% Italian, 1.5% Cantonese, 1.5% Greek, 1.3% Other, 1.0% Punjabi, 0.8% Vietnamese, 0.6% Russian.

The religious makeup of Rochedale is 20.1% Catholic, 15.8% No religion, 14.8% Anglican, 13.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 4.9% Christian, nfd, 4.8% Uniting Church, 3.7% Baptist, 3.7% Eastern Orthodox, 2.9% Lutheran, 2.5% Buddhism.

50.3% of people are married, 33.9% have never married and 6.9% are divorced and 2.5% are separated. There are 58 widowed people living in Rochedale.

57.0% of the people living in Rochedale over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 28.1% are working on a part time basis. Rochedale has an unemployment rate of 6.2%.

The main occupations of people living in Rochedale are 20.4% Professionals, 17.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 16.4% Managers, 12.2% Technicians & trades workers, 10.2% Sales workers, 9.1% Labourers, 7.3% Community & personal service workers, 4.4% Machinery operators & drivers, 2.0% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Rochedale work in are 14.5% Retail trade, 12.7% Construction, 9.6% Health care and social assistance, 9.1% Manufacturing, 6.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 6.0% Education and training, 5.3% Agriculture, forestry and fishing, 4.9% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.2% Other services.

53.9% of homes are fully owned, and 18.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 22.9% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $557 per week and the median household income is $1298 per week.

The median rent in Rochedale is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2665 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Rochedale postcode 4123