Rocherlea TAS 7248

Living Here

Rocherlea is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 1,033 people, with a median age of 32. The typical household earns around $794 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 29% of households own their home and 70% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 10 schools

  • Brooks High School
  • Seabrook Christian School - Launceston Campus
  • East Tamar Primary School
  • Mowbray Heights Primary School
  • Launceston Church Grammar School
  • St Finn Barr's Catholic School
  • Launceston Christian School
  • Riverside High School
  • St Anthony's Catholic School
  • Riverside Primary School
• 4 cafés & restaurants

  • West's Star Bakery
  • Polytechnic Café
  • Pie Face
  • Saltz Restaurant & Cafe
• 2 supermarkets

  • Rocherlea Takeaway & Supermarket
  • Bolands IGA X-press
• 12 parks

  • King Billy Park
  • Ti-Tree Crescent Park
  • Reservoir Road Reserve
  • Newnham Reserve
  • Cornwall Crescent Reserve
  • Torrens Street Park
  • Vermeer Avenue Reserve
  • Helenwood Grove Park
  • Stephen Street Reserve
  • Laver Grove Park

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• 1 Catholic church

  • Church of the Apostles
• 1 pharmacy

  • Chemist Warehouse
• 1 dentist

  • Dentaltown
• 3 hospitals

  • Calvary - St Luke's Hospital
  • St Vincents Hospital
  • Launceston General Hospital
• 2 vets

  • Mowbray Veterinary Clinic
  • The Riverside Vet
• 2 childcare & kindergartens

  • Discovery Early Learning Centre Bungawitta
  • Lady Gowrie Tasmania Alanvale Education and Care Service
• 1 library

  • Ravenswood Library
• 2 post offices

  • Susie Fisher's Newnham Pharmacy
  • Mowbray Post Office
• 3 service stations

  • BP Newnham
  • United
  • EG Australia
• 4 gyms & sports centres

  • Mowbray Bowls Club
  • Northern Suburbs Community Recreation Hub
  • University Sports Centre
  • Mowbray Racecourse
• 3 golf clubs

  • Mowbray Golf Course
  • Riverside Golf Course (Tasmania)
  • Launceston Golf Course
• 2 hardware stores

  • Total Tools
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 4 mechanics

  • Brad's Automotive Services
  • Grant Russell & Co
  • O'Brien AutoGlass
  • Cooper Automotive
• 1 electrician

  • Tones Electrical
• 3 places to stay

  • Riverside Hotel Motel
  • Trevallyn House
  • Tamar River Villas

Getting around. Bus interchange: Launceston Regional Transit Centre, 6.4 km south · Ferry wharf: Tamar River Cruises, 6.5 km south · Airport: Launceston Airport, 19.6 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 45.8% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 21.2% · Labour-force participation 44%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

27,178 bird observations recorded near Rocherlea — most often seen:

• Black Swan (1,618)
• Chestnut Teal (1,456)
• Australasian Purple Swamphen (1,400)
• Superb Fairy-wren (1,260)
• White-faced Heron (1,168)
• Grey Teal (1,075)
• Welcome Swallow (1,072)
• Tasmanian Native-hen (1,066)
• Masked Lapwing (1,060)
• Swamp Harrier (1,054)
• Australian Shelduck (1,035)
• Silver Gull (1,022)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,021)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Rocherlea:

• Mayfield (1.3 km)
• Newnham (1.7 km)
• Mowbray (3.2 km)
• Invermay (5.1 km)
• Riverside (5.5 km)
• Ravenswood (5.7 km)
• Trevallyn (6.6 km)
• Launceston (7 km)

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