Fairfield East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,074 people in Fairfield East of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairfield East was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Fairfield East aged 15 years and over, 46.4% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairfield East was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Fairfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairfield East was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Fairfield East 33.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.9% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 19.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairfield East were Vietnamese 19.5%, Chinese 12.3%, Lebanese 8.8%, Australian 8.8% and English 7.8%.

In Fairfield East, 41.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 18.7%, Iraq 3.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.6%, Lebanon 3.5% and Philippines 1.8%.

In Fairfield East, 11.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 81.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairfield East were Catholic 25.9%, Buddhism 24.4%, Islam 15.2%, No Religion 9.1% and Anglican 5.2%.

In Fairfield East 22.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 24.6%, Arabic 14.8%, Cantonese 6.0%, Mandarin 3.6% and Spanish 3.2%.

Employment

There were 1,769 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairfield East. Of these 57.0% were employed full time, 24.4% were employed part-time and 11.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairfield East, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairfield East was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Fairfield East included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.6%, Labourers 16.1%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Sales Workers 6.9% and Managers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Fairfield East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 2.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.1% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairfield East was $339.

In Fairfield East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Train 11.6%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Truck 1.9% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairfield East, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.3% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% 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 Fairfield East, 16.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairfield East, 50.0% were couple families with children, 23.2% were couple families without children and 24.7% were one parent families.

In Fairfield East 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairfield East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,837 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairfield East, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 9.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairfield East, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield East, 72.8% were separate houses, 15.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Fairfield East, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairfield East, 27.4% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 38.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairfield East, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 19.4% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Fairfield East, 36.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% 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 Fairfield East, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairfield East, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 56.7%) were male and 13 (or 43.3%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Fairfield East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $420.

In Fairfield East, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,179.