Frankston North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,626 people in Frankston North of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Frankston North was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.9% of the population.

Of people in Frankston North aged 15 years and over, 30.8% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Frankston North was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Frankston North, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.3% 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 Frankston North was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Frankston North 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 13.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Frankston North were English 29.6%, Australian 27.3%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 6.4% and German 2.7%.

In Frankston North, 70.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.5%, Philippines 0.9% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.8%.

In Frankston North, 56.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Frankston North were No Religion 29.7%, Catholic 19.6%, Anglican 15.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Frankston North 83.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Nuer 0.7%, Bosnian 0.7%, Arabic 0.6%, Serbian 0.6% and Italian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,142 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Frankston North. Of these 54.2% were employed full time, 26.4% were employed part-time and 12.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Frankston North, 9.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Frankston North was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Frankston North included Labourers 20.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Sales Workers 8.8%, Professionals 7.0% and Managers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Frankston North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Residential Care Services 4.0%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Frankston North was $382.

In Frankston North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.8%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Bus 3.4%, Train 2.5% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 8.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Frankston North, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.0% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.4% 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 Frankston North, 20.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Frankston North, 30.8% were couple families with children, 29.2% were couple families without children and 37.2% were one parent families.

In Frankston North 13.2% of single parents were male and 86.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Frankston North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,669 and those without children was $1,485.

Employment status of couple families

In Frankston North, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Frankston North, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frankston North, 92.3% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Frankston North, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 76.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frankston North, 27.0% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 42.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Frankston North, of all households, 64.3% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 4.4% were group households.

In Frankston North, 37.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.7% 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 Frankston North, 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Frankston North, there were 114 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 64 (or 56.1%) were male and 50 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Frankston North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $949.

In Frankston North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,734.