Rochedale

Rochedale is a residential suburb in the City of Brisbane. It's home to 3,175 people as of the 2016 census.

Name
Rochedale is named after local Irish settler Thomas Roche. The name for the area appears to be have been used since the 1880s.

Establishment as a suburb
Rochedale was established as a suburb on August 11, 1975. The suburb's boundaries have since been amended in 2000, 2013 and 2017. The latest change to the boundaries was on August 18, 2017.

Demographics
In the 2016 census, Rochedale recorded a population of 3,175 people, 50.5% female and 49.5% male. The median age of the Rochedale population was 32 years, 6 years below the national median. 48.3% of people living in Rochedale were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were China (11.9%), Taiwan (4.6%), South Korea (3.5%), New Zealand (3.1%) and India (3.1%).

Rochedale is a predominantly family suburb with 86.2% of households being family households. Of these family households, 66.3% have children. The other households are single-person households (10.2%) and group households (3.6%).

Employment and wealth
In 2016, Rochedale had an unemployment rate of 6.2%, 0.7% lower than the national rate. The top industries were hospitals (except psychiatric hospitals) (4.3%), cafes and restaurants (3.5%), accounting services (2.8%), computer system design and related services (2.8%) and State Government administration (2.7%).

The weekly median household income was $2,158 (annually $112,216) and the weekly median personal income was $768 (annually $39,936).

Catchments
Rochedale is separated into four different catchments for public primary schools. The northern part of the suburb is in the catchment of Mackenzie State Primary School, the southern part is in the catchment of Rochedale State School, the western part is in the catchment of Eight Mile Plains State School and a small part by Underwood Road is in the catchment of Rochedale South State School.

As for public secondary schools, Rochedale is separated into two different catchments. The northern part is in the catchment of Mansfield State High School and the southern part is in the catchment of Rochedale State High School.

Schools
Public schools
 * Rochedale State High School
 * Rochedale State School

Private schools
 * Redeemer Lutheran College
 * St Peter's Primary School