Far Meadow

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 286 people in Far Meadow of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Far Meadow was 51 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.4% of the population.

Of people in Far Meadow aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Far Meadow was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Far Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Far Meadow was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Far Meadow 25.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 32.5% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Far Meadow were Australian 34.2%, English 28.5%, Irish 11.2%, Scottish 7.9% and Italian 3.7%.

In Far Meadow, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, Germany 1.0%, Italy 1.0%, Jordan 1.0% and New Caledonia 1.0%.

In Far Meadow, 72.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Far Meadow were No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 21.1%, Christian, nfd 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Far Meadow 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.0%, French 1.0%, Italian 1.0% and Armenian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 156 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Far Meadow. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 44.2% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Far Meadow, 19.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 17.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Far Meadow was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Far Meadow included Professionals 27.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Managers 17.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.7%, Labourers 7.7%, Sales Workers 7.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Far Meadow, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.8%, Non-Residential Building Construction 4.5% and Legal and Accounting Services 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Far Meadow was $549.

In Far Meadow, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Truck 3.9%, Train 2.6% and Train, bicycle 2.6%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Far Meadow, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.0% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.2% 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 Far Meadow, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Far Meadow, 35.9% were couple families with children, 55.4% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Far Meadow 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Far Meadow, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Far Meadow, of couple families with children, 13.6% had both partners employed full-time, 13.6% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Far Meadow, 77.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Far Meadow, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Far Meadow, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.1% had 2 bedrooms and 34.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Far Meadow, 57.4% were owned outright, 30.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Far Meadow, of all households, 82.0% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Far Meadow, 18.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Far Meadow, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Far Meadow, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Far Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Far Meadow, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $600.