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TAS 7248 · Launceston
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Rocherlea, Tasmania
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Rocherlea TAS
Based on 12 sales in the preceding 12 months
$380,000
Up 13.4% over 12 months
Based on 12 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$400 per week
No change over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Rocherlea, TAS is currently $380,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Rocherlea has a 12-month growth rate of 13.4% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $410,000 in Rocherlea.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Rocherlea is $400 per week. The median house rent has remained unchanged over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Rocherlea is 10,451 offences per 100,000 residents — 12% below the Rest of Tas. benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Rocherlea.
Overall crime rate
10,451
offences per 100,000 residents
12% belowRest of Tas.
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Rocherlea TAS 7248 is in Tasmania, within Rest of Tas..
1,033 people call Rocherlea home, with an average of 2.4 people per household and a median household income of $794 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
2.6% of workers in Rocherlea worked from home on Census day — about half the rate across Rest of Tas..
59.3% of people in Rocherlea described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Rocherlea TAS 7248.
24.5% of Rocherlea's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.
261 family households lived in Rocherlea; 26.4% were couple families and 50.2% were one-parent families.
50.6% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Tas. average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Rocherlea had 1,033 residents at the 2021 Census.
25.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
22.5% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Tas. average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 83.5% of occupied private dwellings in Rocherlea.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 16.2% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
12.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
16.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.
70.5% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Rocherlea had 2.4 people.
One-person households made up 32.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Tas. average.
Two-person households represented 31.7%, while 18.6% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
2.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
70.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Tas. average.
1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
16.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of Tas. rate.
One-car households formed 43.7% of the total.
40.6% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
66.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 33.2% reported a different address.
3.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
88.4% of residents used only English at home.
3.3% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
3.8% of Rocherlea's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 96.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 46.5% of ancestry responses in Rocherlea.
Australian ancestry made up 43.9% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
5.5% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
Managers accounted for 3.7% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.9%.
Health care and social assistance employed 12.5% of workers, and education and training employed 1.8%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 44.0%, compared with 55.7% across Rest of Tas..
16.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.8% worked part time.
Unemployment was 21.2%, compared with 5.6% across Rest of Tas..
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
43.8% reported no selected long-term health condition.
19.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
16.9% reported asthma, 12.4% arthritis and 7.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
7.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.0% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 4.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 52.2%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $794 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $867.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $220 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 2.6% in Rocherlea, compared with 7.9% across Rest of Tas..
Outright ownership was 12.7% locally and 41.1% across Rest of Tas.. That is about half the Rest of Tas. rate.
Renting accounted for 70.5% in Rocherlea, against 25.6% across Rest of Tas..
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $380,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 261 local families, and 24.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
3-bedroom houses have a median around $410,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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