Fairney View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 446 people in Fairney View of these 54.7% were male and 45.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairney View was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Fairney View aged 15 years and over, 60.0% were married and 7.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairney View was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Fairney View, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairney View was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Fairney View 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 15.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairney View were Australian 31.0%, English 27.2%, German 11.2%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Fairney View, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.5%, Philippines 0.9%, Poland 0.9% and Fiji 0.7%.

In Fairney View, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairney View were No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 21.0%, Catholic 14.3%, Uniting Church 12.7% and Lutheran 6.2%.

In Fairney View 92.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.9% and Dutch 0.7%.

Employment

There were 220 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairney View. Of these 65.0% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairney View, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairney View was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Fairney View included Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.7%, Professionals 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.8%, Managers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.0% and Sales Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Fairney View, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.8%, State Government Administration 3.8% and Residential Care Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairney View was $527.

In Fairney View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.7%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Other 2.4%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Truck 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairney View, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% 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, 23.5% 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 Fairney View, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairney View, 33.8% were couple families with children, 49.6% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Fairney View 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairney View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,666 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairney View, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 17.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairney View, 94.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairney View, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Fairney View, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 5.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.7% 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 Fairney View, 44.5% were owned outright, 40.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairney View, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Fairney View, 27.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Fairney View, 20.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairney View, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 60.0%) were male and 8 (or 40.0%) were female. The median age was 52 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 Fairney View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.9, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,533.

In Fairney View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.