Flinders Ranges (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,702 people in Flinders Ranges (DC) of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Flinders Ranges (DC) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Flinders Ranges (DC) aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flinders Ranges (DC) was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flinders Ranges (DC) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Flinders Ranges (DC) 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.4% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 10.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flinders Ranges (DC) were Australian 34.3%, English 30.2%, Irish 8.4%, Scottish 7.0% and German 6.8%.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), 87.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Germany 0.7%, New Zealand 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flinders Ranges (DC) were No Religion 26.7%, Uniting Church 21.2%, Catholic 16.5%, Anglican 12.2% and Lutheran 3.8%.

In Flinders Ranges (DC) 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Adnymathanha 0.7%, Malayalam 0.4%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.3% and Dutch 0.2%.

Employment

There were 797 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flinders Ranges (DC). Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 27.7% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flinders Ranges (DC), 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flinders Ranges (DC) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Flinders Ranges (DC) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Managers 17.8%, Professionals 14.5%, Labourers 11.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.1% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Flinders Ranges (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.9%, School Education 8.2%, Hospitals 6.9%, Accommodation 5.8% and Road Freight Transport 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flinders Ranges (DC) was $483.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.3%, Walked only 10.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 2.0% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flinders Ranges (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.6% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Flinders Ranges (DC), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flinders Ranges (DC), 32.3% were couple families with children, 51.2% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Flinders Ranges (DC) 23.4% of single parents were male and 76.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flinders Ranges (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,104 and those without children was $1,637.

Employment status of couple families

In Flinders Ranges (DC), of couple families with children, 22.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flinders Ranges (DC), 80.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders Ranges (DC), 91.8% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 17.8% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders Ranges (DC), 39.8% were owned outright, 34.8% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Flinders Ranges (DC), of all households, 68.9% were family households, 29.8% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Flinders Ranges (DC), 29.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flinders Ranges (DC), there were 184 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 85 (or 46.2%) were male and 99 (or 53.8%) were female. The median age was 23 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,012.

In Flinders Ranges (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $758.