Rockhampton City, 4700

13.4% of adults have a university degree, compared with 21.9% across Queensland. 17.8% have a trade or vocational qualification.

• University qualified13.4% · 21.9% QLD
• Diploma qualified5.6% · 9.4% QLD
• Trade / vocational17.8% · 18.9% QLD
• Year 12 or below63.1% · 49.8% QLD

Median taxable income (2023–24)

$62,689

77th percentile in QLD · +7% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)

$67,308

75th percentile in QLD · +4% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments

10.0%

34th percentile in QLD · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)

$70,596

52nd percentile in QLD · +12% vs Australia

Residents with business income

7.0%

10th percentile in QLD · -33% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 4700 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

8.8% speak a language other than English at home; 14.8% born overseas

Language at home

1,671 English only · 162 other

Non-English at home

8.8%

Born overseas

270 (14.8%)

Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander

208 (10.1%)

Australian citizens

1,692

Languages spoken at home (other than English)

12

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Offence counts are estimated for this suburb from postcode 4700, which is shared with other suburbs.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Schools within 2 km

9

Median school ICSEA (9 schools)

966

Median ICSEA percentile

31th

Primary catchments overlapping suburb

5

Secondary catchments overlapping suburb

1

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

• Good Start Early Learningkindergarten

276 mapped amenities

15 restaurants · 16 cafes · 3 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 4 pharmacies · 8 fast food · 3 bakeries · 2 libraries

10 parks and public open space in this suburb

• Browne ParkPark
• Cameron's CornerPark
• Central ParkPark
• Goss ParkPark
• Jeffries ParkPark
• Kingel ParkPark
• Leichhardt ParkPark
• Rotary ParkPark
• Toonooba ParkPark

Green cover of suburb area

4.4%

Woodland / forest cover

0%

Parks & woodland features (OSM)

16

Parks (OSM)

16

Typical summer maximum

32°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

• St Theresa

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb

11

Nearest hospital

Hillcrest Private Hospital (1.4 km)

Nearest hospital type

Hospital

Nearest hospital emergency

Emergency department

Emergency department in suburb

Not in suburb

GP clinics in suburb

3

GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)

0 of 3

Aged-care services

6

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

• Central Queensland Oral SurgeryBolsover StreetClinic
• Forker MedicalGP
• QML PathologyBolsover StreetGP
• Advantage PharmacyPharmacy
• Chemist WarehousePharmacy
• DanielsPharmacy
• DentistDentist
• Jaime Parnell Clinical PsychologistPsychotherapist
• Positive Switch SolutionsCounselling
• TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)

138

Participants per 1,000 residents

66.6

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

38 heritage places

• 'A' Block, Central Queensland Institute of Technical and Further Education (TAFE) Rockhampton CampusState heritage place
• AMP Building (former)State heritage place
• AMV WarehouseState heritage place
• Alexandra Railway BridgeState heritage place
• Archer Park Railway StationState heritage place
• AvonleighState heritage place
• Bulletin BuildingState heritage place
• C J Edwards ChambersState heritage place
• Cahill's Stores (former)State heritage place
• Callianiotis ConstructionsState heritage place

Bushfire planning zone

No overlay at centroid

Flood / inundation overlay

No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via Queensland Bushfire Prone Area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain overlay polygons against the suburb boundary where published.

Federal electorate

Capricornia

Member of Parliament

Michelle LANDRY (Liberal National Party of Queensland)

Results from

2025 federal election

Electorate enrolment (2025)

115,141

Turnout (2025)

88.8%

Swing since 2022 (2025)

+0.8 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

• AllenstownLabor 51.0% · Coalition 49.0% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
• WandalLabor 54.8% · Coalition 45.2% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
• Rockhampton City (Capricornia)Labor 49.9% · Coalition 50.1% TPP (2025)1.7 km away
• Park AvenueLabor 53.1% · Coalition 46.9% TPP (2025)2.2 km away
• BerserkerLabor 55.5% · Coalition 44.5% TPP (2025)2.5 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

IRSAD decile (2021)

1/10

IRSD decile (2021)

1/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).