Franklin Harbour (DC)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,273 people in Franklin Harbour (DC) of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Franklin Harbour (DC) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.6% of the population.

Of people in Franklin Harbour (DC) aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 10.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Franklin Harbour (DC) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Franklin Harbour (DC) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Franklin Harbour (DC) 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 16.4% in secondary school and 6.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Franklin Harbour (DC) were Australian 33.2%, English 31.1%, German 9.6%, Scottish 7.1% and Irish 4.8%.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Ethiopia 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), 83.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Franklin Harbour (DC) were No Religion 27.0%, Uniting Church 20.8%, Catholic 12.7%, Lutheran 11.3% and Anglican 10.5%.

In Franklin Harbour (DC) 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Afrikaans 0.2% and Swedish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 609 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Franklin Harbour (DC). Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 31.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Franklin Harbour (DC), 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Franklin Harbour (DC) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Franklin Harbour (DC) included Managers 29.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.7%, Labourers 13.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Professionals 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Sales Workers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Franklin Harbour (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 19.2%, Other Mining Support Services 7.5%, Metal Ore Mining 5.7%, Allied Health Services 5.4% and Aquaculture 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Franklin Harbour (DC) was $458.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.9%, Walked only 8.5%, Bus 5.4%, Car, as passenger 5.2% and Other 2.6%. On the day, 6.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 55.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Franklin Harbour (DC), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 38.2% 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 Franklin Harbour (DC), 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Franklin Harbour (DC), 37.5% were couple families with children, 53.1% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

In Franklin Harbour (DC) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Franklin Harbour (DC), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,662 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Franklin Harbour (DC), of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 27.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Franklin Harbour (DC), 63.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Franklin Harbour (DC), 90.6% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.4% had 2 bedrooms and 55.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Franklin Harbour (DC), 49.1% were owned outright, 24.4% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Franklin Harbour (DC), of all households, 70.8% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Franklin Harbour (DC), 26.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Franklin Harbour (DC), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 61.5%) were male and 5 (or 38.5%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Franklin Harbour (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Franklin Harbour (DC), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.