Flaxton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 884 people in Flaxton of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Flaxton was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 28.7% of the population.

Of people in Flaxton aged 15 years and over, 62.4% were married and 15.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flaxton was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Flaxton, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flaxton was 61 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Flaxton 23.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flaxton were English 35.5%, Australian 23.5%, Irish 10.8%, Scottish 9.3% and German 5.3%.

In Flaxton, 70.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.3%, New Zealand 2.8%, Netherlands 1.5%, Scotland 1.1% and Germany 1.0%.

In Flaxton, 58.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flaxton were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Flaxton 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 1.4%, German 1.1%, Dutch 1.0%, Italian 0.6% and Spanish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flaxton. Of these 46.7% were employed full time, 41.8% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flaxton, 17.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flaxton was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Flaxton included Professionals 21.1%, Managers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 11.4%, Sales Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Flaxton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.4%, Accommodation 6.6%, Hospitals 5.4%, School Education 4.6% and Tertiary Education 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flaxton was $483.

In Flaxton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.8%, Walked only 3.7%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Bus 2.3% and Other 2.3%. On the day, 3.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flaxton, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 13.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Flaxton, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flaxton, 26.6% were couple families with children, 61.7% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Flaxton 27.6% of single parents were male and 72.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flaxton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,714 and those without children was $1,347.

Employment status of couple families

In Flaxton, of couple families with children, 8.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flaxton, 86.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flaxton, 98.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Flaxton, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flaxton, 53.0% were owned outright, 26.8% were owned with a mortgage and 19.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Flaxton, of all households, 74.9% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 3.2% were group households.

In Flaxton, 29.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Flaxton, 45.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flaxton, 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 4 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 Flaxton, 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 Flaxton, 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.