Fishing Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,044 people in Fishing Point of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Fishing Point was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.4% of the population.

Of people in Fishing Point aged 15 years and over, 63.2% were married and 9.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fishing Point was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Fishing Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fishing Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Fishing Point 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 25.7% in secondary school and 22.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fishing Point were English 37.4%, Australian 31.0%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 8.7% and German 2.3%.

In Fishing Point, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.6% and New Caledonia 0.5%.

In Fishing Point, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fishing Point were Anglican 31.3%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 19.0%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4%.

In Fishing Point 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Khmer 0.5%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Maltese 0.3% and Hindi 0.3%.

Employment

There were 509 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fishing Point. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 32.0% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fishing Point, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fishing Point was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Fishing Point included Professionals 21.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 14.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Fishing Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Coal Mining 3.9%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.7% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fishing Point was $590.

In Fishing Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.8%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Train, car as driver 1.0%, Train 0.8% and Truck 0.6%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fishing Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.0% 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 Fishing Point, 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fishing Point, 38.8% were couple families with children, 51.9% were couple families without children and 8.4% were one parent families.

In Fishing Point 20.7% of single parents were male and 79.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fishing Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,770 and those without children was $2,444.

Employment status of couple families

In Fishing Point, of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fishing Point, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fishing Point, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Fishing Point, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fishing Point, 49.5% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Fishing Point, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 1.0% were group households.

In Fishing Point, 17.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.8% 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 Fishing Point, 30.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fishing Point, there were 23 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 65.2%) were male and 8 (or 34.8%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Fishing Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,250.

In Fishing Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,752.