Fong Lim

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,281 people in Fong Lim of these 57.6% were male and 42.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 14.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Fong Lim was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.9% of the population.

Of people in Fong Lim aged 15 years and over, 39.9% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fong Lim was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Fong Lim, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fong Lim was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Fong Lim 41.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.1% were in primary school, 12.0% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fong Lim were Australian 21.6%, English 20.4%, Irish 6.8%, Scottish 5.8% and Australian Aboriginal 3.0%.

In Fong Lim, 65.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Iran 3.3%, England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.3%, Philippines 1.9% and Afghanistan 1.7%.

In Fong Lim, 57.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fong Lim were No Religion 22.4%, Catholic 18.8%, Anglican 10.8%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Eastern Orthodox 3.0%.

In Fong Lim 60.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 2.3%, Tagalog 1.1%, Mandarin 0.9%, Filipino 0.6% and Italian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 4,481 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fong Lim. Of these 70.7% were employed full time, 18.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fong Lim, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fong Lim was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Fong Lim included Professionals 20.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Managers 15.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.6%, Sales Workers 6.8%, Labourers 5.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Fong Lim, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 13.7%, State Government Administration 7.9%, School Education 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fong Lim was $930.

In Fong Lim, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Car, as passenger 7.6%, Walked only 4.1%, Bicycle 3.2% and Bus 2.9%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fong Lim, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.7% provided care for children and 5.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.7% 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 Fong Lim, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fong Lim, 40.1% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 13.9% were one parent families.

In Fong Lim 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fong Lim, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,712 and those without children was $2,345.

Employment status of couple families

In Fong Lim, of couple families with children, 38.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 16.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fong Lim, 82.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fong Lim, 44.3% were separate houses, 22.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.8% were flats, units or apartments and 6.5% were other dwellings.

In Fong Lim, of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 26.1% had 2 bedrooms and 40.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fong Lim, 15.5% were owned outright, 26.1% were owned with a mortgage and 55.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Fong Lim, of all households, 66.8% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 7.9% were group households.

In Fong Lim, 14.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.0% 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 Fong Lim, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fong Lim, there were 1,301 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 866 (or 66.6%) were male and 435 (or 33.4%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Fong Lim, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $864.

In Fong Lim, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.