Rokewood

17.3% of Rokewood's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

53 family households lived in Rokewood; 37.7% were couple families and 20.8% were one-parent families.

32.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Rokewood had 208 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

26.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 96.2% of occupied private dwellings in Rokewood.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.8% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

54.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

35.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.

9.6% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Rokewood had 2.4 people.

One-person households made up 30.4% of occupied homes. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 35.4%, while 16.5% had four or more usual residents.

19.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

51.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 7.1% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 24.3% of the total.

75.7% of households had two or more vehicles.

65.9% were at the same address five years earlier, while 34.1% reported a different address.

4.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

87.0% of residents used only English at home.

2.9% used a language other than English at home.

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

4.8% of Rokewood's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 95.2% 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 89.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 35.1% of ancestry responses in Rokewood.

Australian ancestry made up 50.0% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

9.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 33.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 5.1%.

Health care and social assistance employed 3.0% of workers, and education and training employed 3.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 56.9%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

36.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 11.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 1.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

55.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.

8.7% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.1% reported asthma, 10.6% arthritis and 4.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

13.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.5%.

Median household income was $1,286 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 $215 per week.

Working from home was 19.2% in Rokewood, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 54.8% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 9.6% in Rokewood, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..