Fullerton Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 300 people in Fullerton Cove of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Fullerton Cove was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Fullerton Cove aged 15 years and over, 56.3% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fullerton Cove was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Fullerton Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fullerton Cove was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Fullerton Cove 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 19.5% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fullerton Cove were Australian 36.0%, English 30.6%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 4.3% and German 2.2%.

In Fullerton Cove, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.3%, Austria 1.0%, Croatia 1.0% and Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 1.0%.

In Fullerton Cove, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fullerton Cove were Anglican 32.9%, No Religion 21.6%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Baptist 4.3%.

In Fullerton Cove 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 2.0% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 1.0%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fullerton Cove. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 30.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fullerton Cove, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fullerton Cove was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Fullerton Cove included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Managers 15.8%, Professionals 14.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Labourers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5% and Sales Workers 2.3%.

Of the employed people in Fullerton Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.2%, School Education 3.0%, Fishing 2.2%, Coal Mining 2.2% and Metal Container Manufacturing 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fullerton Cove was $442.

In Fullerton Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Walked only 3.8%, Truck 2.3%, Other 2.3% and Train, car as passenger 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fullerton Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% provided care for children and 22.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.9% 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 Fullerton Cove, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fullerton Cove, 34.9% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Fullerton Cove 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fullerton Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Fullerton Cove, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 16.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fullerton Cove, 80.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fullerton Cove, 86.4% were separate houses, 5.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.8% were other dwellings.

In Fullerton Cove, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 15.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fullerton Cove, 48.5% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Fullerton Cove, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 18.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Fullerton Cove, 19.5% 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 Fullerton Cove, 26.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fullerton Cove, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 27.3%) were male and 8 (or 72.7%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Fullerton Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Fullerton Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,800.