Rocky Cape TAS 7321

Living Here

Rocky Cape is a suburb of Tasmania, home to about 211 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $850 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 81% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. 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 North West statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Rocky Cape itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 café or restaurant

  • Lanigan's
• 1 service station

  • Rocky Cape Roadhouse
• 1 place to stay

  • Rocky Cape Caravan Park

Getting around. Airport: Burnie Wynyard Airport, 24.4 km south-east.

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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: 32.8% 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 2.1% · Labour-force participation 55.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

10,916 bird observations recorded near Rocky Cape — most often seen:

• Yellow-throated Honeyeater (659)
• Tasmanian Superb Fairy-wren (637)
• Southern Forest Raven (620)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (560)
• Tasmanian Grey Fantail (544)
• Tasmanian Grey Shrike-thrush (530)
• Tasmanian Brown Thornbill (451)
• White-faced Heron (444)
• Eurasian Blackbird (428)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (424)
• Giinbaywarraymal (362)
• Common Starling (347)
• Chestnut Teal (334)

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 Rocky Cape:

• Detention (2.7 km)
• Hellyer (3.8 km)
• Montumana (6.8 km)
• Edgcumbe Beach (6.9 km)
• Sisters Beach (7.3 km)
• Crayfish Creek (7.6 km)
• Port Latta (9.2 km)
• Cowrie Point (10.1 km)

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