Freemans Reach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,126 people in Freemans Reach of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Freemans Reach was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Freemans Reach aged 15 years and over, 51.5% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Freemans Reach was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Freemans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Freemans Reach was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Freemans Reach 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.2% were in primary school, 28.2% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Freemans Reach were Australian 34.1%, English 27.9%, Maltese 7.3%, Irish 6.7% and Scottish 5.3%.

In Freemans Reach, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Malta 1.8%, New Zealand 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7% and Germany 0.4%.

In Freemans Reach, 68.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Freemans Reach were Anglican 31.5%, Catholic 29.1%, No Religion 14.9%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In Freemans Reach 88.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 2.6%, Cantonese 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, German 0.4% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Freemans Reach. Of these 62.0% were employed full time, 28.9% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Freemans Reach, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Freemans Reach was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Freemans Reach included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Managers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Professionals 12.8%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Freemans Reach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 3.0%, Road Freight Transport 2.7% and Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Freemans Reach was $639.

In Freemans Reach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.5%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Truck 3.6%, Walked only 1.4% and Other 0.7%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Freemans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.5% 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 Freemans Reach, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Freemans Reach, 53.7% were couple families with children, 32.4% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Freemans Reach 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Freemans Reach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,058 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Freemans Reach, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Freemans Reach, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freemans Reach, 98.3% were separate houses, 1.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Freemans Reach, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freemans Reach, 33.4% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Freemans Reach, of all households, 83.9% were family households, 14.7% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Freemans Reach, 13.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Freemans Reach, 20.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Freemans Reach, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 50.0%) were male and 21 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Freemans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Freemans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,058.