Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld)

28.0% of Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld)'s residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

510 family households lived in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld); 57.3% were couple families and 13.1% were one-parent families.

54.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of Qld average.

Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld) had 2,214 residents at the 2021 Census.

34.3% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

9.7% were 55 or older. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Separate houses made up 71.0% of occupied private dwellings in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld).

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 25.4% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 3.4% of occupied private dwellings.

8.2% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

27.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.

64.4% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld) had 3.0 people.

One-person households made up 17.2% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 27.5%, while 38.4% had four or more usual residents.

2.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

61.1% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

1.5% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.7% walked or cycled.

1.8% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 26.8% of the total.

70.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

37.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 62.6% reported a different address.

10.2% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

75.4% of residents used only English at home.

10.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

10.2% of Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld)'s population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.8% was born in Australia.

0.2% of residents were born in China.

0.5% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.9%.

English ancestry accounted for 29.5% of ancestry responses in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld).

Australian ancestry made up 33.2% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.7% of responses.

16.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 8.2% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 10.0% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 74.5%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

51.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 14.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 2.7%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

68.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.3% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 2.6% arthritis and 2.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.0% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 45.5%.

Median household income was $3,055 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,063.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $530 per week.

Working from home was 2.5% in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld), compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 8.2% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

Renting accounted for 64.4% in Rocky Point (Weipa - Qld), against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.