Osbornes Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Osbornes Flat of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Osbornes Flat was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.1% of the population.

Of people in Osbornes Flat aged 15 years and over, 74.8% were married and 3.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Osbornes Flat was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Osbornes Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Osbornes Flat was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Osbornes Flat 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 28.5% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Osbornes Flat were Australian 32.2%, English 29.8%, Irish 11.0%, Scottish 8.4% and German 3.4%.

In Osbornes Flat, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Brazil 1.0%, Canada 1.0%, Croatia 1.0% and Bermuda 0.8%.

In Osbornes Flat, 73.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Osbornes Flat were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 25.5%, Anglican 23.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Buddhism 2.0%.

In Osbornes Flat 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Croatian 0.8% and Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.8%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Osbornes Flat. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 30.2% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Osbornes Flat, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Osbornes Flat was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Osbornes Flat included Professionals 23.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Managers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.6%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Sales Workers 6.6%.

Of the employed people in Osbornes Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.9%, School Education 4.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.2% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Osbornes Flat was $626.

In Osbornes Flat, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.8%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Walked only 2.7% and Train 1.6%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Osbornes Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.5% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 39.6% 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 Osbornes Flat, 34.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Osbornes Flat, 57.4% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Osbornes Flat 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Osbornes Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,299.

Employment status of couple families

In Osbornes Flat, of couple families with children, 16.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Osbornes Flat, 92.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Osbornes Flat, 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 Osbornes Flat, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Osbornes Flat, 46.8% were owned outright, 44.4% were owned with a mortgage and 8.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Osbornes Flat, of all households, 86.5% were family households, 10.3% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Osbornes Flat, 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.6% 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 Osbornes Flat, 14.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Osbornes Flat, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Osbornes Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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