Rochester SA 5464
6 addresses · 3 streets
Grey Electorate › Wakefield LGA › Rochester · 137 km from Adelaide
Living Here
Rochester is a suburb of South Australia, home to about 5 people, with a median age of 61. The typical household earns around $900 a week, with median rent near $125 a week. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Wakefield - Barunga West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rochester itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 0.4% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.4% |
Demographics
Population by age in Rochester
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 0 |
| 55-64 | 5 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Rochester
| English | 3 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 0 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
| Dutch | 0 |
Commute to work in Rochester
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
420 bird observations recorded near Rochester — most often seen:
- Diamond Firetail (53)
- Eastern Galah (30)
- Eyre Peninsula Australian Magpie (30)
- Western Striated Pardalote (29)
- Fleurieu Adelaide Rosella (26)
- Common Starling (24)
- South-eastern Musk Lorikeet (21)
- South-eastern Red-rumped Parrot (21)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (20)
- Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (18)
- Little Raven (16)
- Eastern Crested Pigeon (14)
- Nankeen Kestrel (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Rochester
- Mainland Tree Martin (12)
- North-eastern Brown Treecreeper (10)
- Southern Magpie-lark (10)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (9)
- Mallee Ringneck (9)
- Australian Peregrine Falcon (8)
- Western Red Wattlebird (7)
- House Sparrow (6)
- Eastern Welcome Swallow (5)
- Australian Wood Duck (4)
- Galah (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- South-eastern Yellow-rumped Thornbill (4)
- Black-shouldered Kite (3)
- Brown Songlark (3)
- Crimson Rosella (3)
- Eastern Dusky Woodswallow (3)
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 Rochester:
- Marola (3.1 km)
- Anama (6.7 km)
- Bungaree (8.1 km)
- Hart (8.5 km)
- Brinkworth (9.3 km)
- Euromina (11.4 km)
- Benbournie (12.5 km)
- Barinia (12.5 km)
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Streets
- Bunama Lane (3)
- Rochester Road (1)
- Yackandandah Road (2)