Rocky Cape suburb profile
Rocky Cape is a quiet coastal locality on Tasmania's north-west coast centred around Rocky Cape National Park, where rugged headlands, coastal heath and small sandy bays meet Bass Strait. The area has a low-density, rural-residential feel with a mix of holiday shacks, weatherboard cottages and small lifestyle blocks rather than urban streetscapes. People who live here tend to be nature lovers and those after a slow seaside lifestyle, drawn to bushwalking along park trails, beach fishing and birdwatching. Basic local roads link the locality to nearby service towns for shops and schools, keeping the setting peaceful and largely nature focused.
Rocky Cape property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Rocky Cape sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units.
Over the past three months four houses were sold in the area; recent unit sale data is not available. Median days on market and rental figures are also not published for Rocky Cape due to insufficient recent data.
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Rocky Cape demographics
Rocky Cape is a small community of 211 people with a median age of 44. The typical household has a weekly income of $850, or about $44,200 a year.
Household life is dominated by couple families: 47.5% are couple families without children and 37.7% are couple families with children, while one-parent families make up 14.8% of reported families.
Homes in Rocky Cape are overwhelmingly owner-occupied, with owner-occupiers accounting for 86.2% (43.1% owned outright and 43.1% owned with a mortgage); renters comprise 13.9%.
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