Roches Beach Demographics (TAS) Local Stats

Roches Beach (7170) is a suburb of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania. It is about 14 kms from TAS's capital city of Hobart. Roches Beach is in the federal electorate of Franklin.

In the 2011 census the population of Roches Beach was 214 and is comprised of approximately 45.3% females and 54.7% males.

The median/average age of the population of Roches Beach is 45 years of age.

87.0% of people living in the suburb of Roches Beach were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.4% England, 2.3% Mexico, 1.9% Germany, 1.4% Scotland.

94.4% of people living in Roches Beach speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 1.4% Dutch, 1.4% Italian, 1.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.4% Spanish.

The religious makeup of Roches Beach is 30.1% Anglican, 28.7% No religion, 24.1% Catholic, 5.1% Religious affiliation not stated, 2.8% Uniting Church, 2.3% Lutheran, 1.4% Buddhism, 1.4% Christian, nfd, 1.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 1.4% Baptist.

65.2% of people are married, 24.2% have never married and 7.3% are divorced and 0.0% are separated. There are 6 widowed people living in Roches Beach.

56.2% of the people living in Roches Beach over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.7% are working on a part time basis. Roches Beach has an unemployment rate of 2.3%.

The main occupations of people living in Roches Beach are 23.1% Professionals, 17.4% Technicians & trades workers, 16.5% Managers, 15.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.6% Sales workers, 9.9% Labourers, 5.8% Community & personal service workers.

The main industries people from Roches Beach work in are 18.2% Retail trade, 13.2% Construction, 12.4% Health care and social assistance, 11.6% Education and training, 7.4% Public administration and safety, 6.6% Transport, postal and warehousing, 5.0% Professional, scientific and technical services, 5.0% Financial and insurance services, 5.0% Manufacturing.

54.9% of homes are fully owned, and 45.1% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 0.0% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $741 per week and the median household income is $1843 per week.

The median rent in Roches Beach is $0 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1677 per month.

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