Rochester VIC 3561

Living Here

Rochester is a suburb of Victoria, home to about 3,154 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,073 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 20% 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. The median house sells for about $300,000.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 3 schools

  • Rochester Primary School
  • St Joseph's School
  • Rochester Secondary College
• 2 cafés & restaurants

  • Kits Cafe
  • Rochy Pizza
• 1 supermarket

  • Major's IGA Supermarket
• 5 parks

  • Lions Park
  • Rotary Park
  • Campaspe Park
  • Apex Park
  • Rochester Recreation Reserve
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Joseph's Church
• 1 pharmacy

  • TerryWhite Chemmart
• 1 hospital

  • Rochester and Elmore District Health Service
• 1 post office

  • Rochester
• 4 service stations

  • BP
  • Murray Goulburn Co-operative
  • United
  • Caltex
• 2 golf clubs

  • Rochester Golf Club
  • Rochester Golf Course
• 1 mechanic

  • Tyres and Batteries
• 3 places to stay

  • Rochester Motel
  • Rochester Wine Tavern B&B
  • Rochester Riverside Holiday Park

Getting around. Train station: Rochester, 300 m south · Airport: Echuca Airport, 22.7 km north.

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Sport & Recreation

7 facilities recorded in Rochester.

• Campaspe Golf Club Golf
• Campaspe Valley Community Centre Badminton, Basketball, Netball (Indoor), Tennis (Indoor), Volleyball
• Rochester Bowls Club Lawn Bowls
• Rochester Golf Club Golf
• Rochester Pool Swimming
• Rochester Recreation Reserve Australian Rules Football, Cricket, Equestrian, Netball, Table Tennis
• Rochester Tennis Club Tennis (Outdoor)

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.

Median Sale Prices

Median of recorded sales in the period, not a valuation. Source: Victorian Property Sales Report, Land Use Victoria.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 4.6% 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 3.7% · Labour-force participation 47.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

3,595 bird observations recorded near Rochester — most often seen:

• Eastern Australian Magpie (197)
• Common Starling (187)
• Eurasian Blackbird (184)
• House Sparrow (179)
• Australian Magpie (169)
• Pacific Black Duck (165)
• Eastern Galah (163)
• Galah (149)
• Eastern White-plumed Honeyeater (134)
• Long-billed Corella (131)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (130)
• Australian Wood Duck (128)
• Eastern Crested Pigeon (121)

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:

• Fairy Dell (5 km)
• Bonn (6 km)
• Ballendella (7.7 km)
• Nanneella (8.7 km)
• Burnewang (12.4 km)
• Bamawm (13 km)
• Strathallan (13 km)
• Corop (13.8 km)

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