Long Flat (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 384 people in Long Flat (NSW) of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Long Flat (NSW) was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Long Flat (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 50.9% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Long Flat (NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Long Flat (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Long Flat (NSW) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 54 years.

In Long Flat (NSW) 25.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.2% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Long Flat (NSW) were Australian 36.8%, English 28.2%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 10.1% and German 3.9%.

In Long Flat (NSW), 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Germany 1.0%, Saudi Arabia 1.0%, United Arab Emirates 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Long Flat (NSW), 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Long Flat (NSW) were Anglican 24.6%, Catholic 21.2%, No Religion 19.4%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Long Flat (NSW) 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.0%.

Employment

There were 176 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Long Flat (NSW). Of these 54.0% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Long Flat (NSW), 18.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Long Flat (NSW) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Long Flat (NSW) included Managers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Labourers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.3%, Professionals 9.1%, Sales Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Long Flat (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, School Education 4.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.0% and Residential Building Construction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Long Flat (NSW) was $392.

In Long Flat (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.5%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 3.6%, Bicycle 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Long Flat (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 17.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Long Flat (NSW), 27.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Long Flat (NSW), 46.4% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Long Flat (NSW) 35.0% of single parents were male and 65.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Long Flat (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $866.

Employment status of couple families

In Long Flat (NSW), of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 29.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Long Flat (NSW), 88.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Flat (NSW), 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 Long Flat (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Long Flat (NSW), 42.2% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Long Flat (NSW), of all households, 72.4% were family households, 24.8% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Long Flat (NSW), 33.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Long Flat (NSW), 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Long Flat (NSW), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 30.0%) were male and 7 (or 70.0%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Long Flat (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

In Long Flat (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $390 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.