West Rockhampton QLD 4700

Living Here

West Rockhampton is a suburb of Queensland, home to about 1,848 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,350 a week, with median rent near $258 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Rockhampton - West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: West Rockhampton itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 18 schools

  • Crescent Lagoon State School
  • Rockhampton Grammar School
  • Rockhampton Girls Grammar School
  • Saint Joseph's Catholic School Wandal
  • The Hall State School
  • The Cathedral College
  • Rockhampton State High School
  • Allenstown State School
  • Saint Peters School
  • Rockhampton Special School

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• 36 cafés & restaurants

  • Kinsfolk Coffee
  • St Aubins Village
  • Cocobrew Express
  • Zarraffa's Coffee
  • Noot's Thai Food
  • Gus' Coffee
  • Rossco's Pizza
  • Crackerjack Cafe
  • Pizza Hut
  • Miss India

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• 5 supermarkets

  • Peries IGA Wandal
  • Foodworks
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • Aldi
• 33 parks

  • Athelstane Park
  • Capelec Park
  • Haigh Park
  • Georgeson Oval
  • Norton Park
  • Voss Park
  • Kerr Park
  • Garland Park
  • Browne Park
  • Henry Fontaine Grove

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• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Joseph's Cathedral
• 7 pharmacies

  • The AFS Friendly Pharmacy
  • Advantage Pharmacy
  • Allenstown Discount Pharmacy
  • Daniels
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • Chemist Warehouse
• 5 doctors & medical clinics

  • Australian Red Cross
  • Medical Suites
  • Allenstown Medical Centre
  • QML Pathology
  • Forker Medical
• 2 dentists

  • Dental Clinic
  • Serenity Dental CQ
• 3 optometrists

  • Specsavers
  • OPSM
  • Oscar Wylee
• 3 hospitals

  • Rockhampton Base Hospital
  • Hillcrest Private Hospital
  • Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton
• 1 childcare centre

  • Good Start Early Learning
• 2 libraries

  • Public Library
  • Rockhampton North Library
• 4 post offices

  • Rockhampton Hospital Postoffice
  • Australia Post Wandal LPO
  • Allenstown Post Office
  • Rockhampton Post Office
• 16 service stations

  • Ampol
  • Caltex
  • Mobil
  • Metro Petroleum
  • Shell
  • United
  • Ampol
  • Liberty
  • Shell
  • BP Diesel

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• 10 gyms & sports centres

  • Rockhampton Mallet Sports Club
  • Athelstane Tennis Club
  • @Pilates
  • Athelstane Bowls Club
  • Rockhampton Squash World
  • World Gym
  • Rockhampton Clay Target Club
  • Rockhampton Fitness Centre
  • North Rockhampton Golf Club
  • Squash
• 3 golf clubs

  • Rockhampton Golf Club
  • North Rockhampton Golf Club
  • Gracemere Lakes Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Kershaw Gardens Dog Park
• 4 bakeries

  • Cranston's Pies
  • Wandal Hot Bread Shop
  • Banjo's Bakery Cafe
  • Artisan Gluten Free Bakery
• 5 hardware stores

  • True Value Hardware
  • Stihl
  • A man's toy shop
  • Mitre 10
  • Total Tools
• 2 hairdressers

  • The Hair Bar
  • Hairmoda
• 1 beauty salon

  • Skin Deep Rejuvenation Clinic
• 8 mechanics

  • Robo's Tyreworks
  • Toyota
  • Arnolds Advanced Tyre Centre
  • Škoda
  • Ultra Tune
  • Advance Exhausts
  • Mycar
  • Goodyear
• 45 places to stay

  • Rockhampton Court Motor Inn
  • Rockhampton's Motor Inn
  • Archer Park Motel
  • Villa Capri
  • Metro Motel
  • The Stirling
  • Welcome Home Motel
  • Central Park Motel
  • Rockhampton Plaza
  • Saleyards Distillery and Cafe

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Getting around. Train station: Rockhampton Railway Station, 2.7 km east · Railway halt: Archer Park, 2.1 km east · Bus interchange: Rockhampton, 1.8 km east · Airport: Rockhampton Airport, 1.2 km west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 5.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.9% · Labour-force participation 58.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

27,207 bird observations recorded near West Rockhampton — most often seen:

• Australian White Ibis (1,728)
• Magpie-lark (1,330)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,329)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,268)
• Dusky Moorhen (1,129)
• Blue-faced Honeyeater (1,126)
• Torresian Crow (1,118)
• Noisy Miner (1,064)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,047)
• Australian Wood Duck (981)
• Little Black Cormorant (968)
• Whistling Kite (953)
• Pied Butcherbird (934)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to West Rockhampton:

• The Range (1.5 km)
• Wandal (1.5 km)
• Allenstown (1.9 km)
• Rockhampton City (2.3 km)
• Depot Hill (3.4 km)
• Pink Lily (3.6 km)
• Fairy Bower (3.9 km)
• The Common (4 km)

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