Flinders View

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,862 people in Flinders View of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Flinders View was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.7% of the population.

Of people in Flinders View aged 15 years and over, 55.0% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flinders View was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Flinders View, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flinders View was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Flinders View 30.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flinders View were Australian 35.1%, English 28.7%, German 7.7%, Irish 7.4% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Flinders View, 86.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.9%, England 2.6%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.3% and Malaysia 0.3%.

In Flinders View, 76.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flinders View were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 20.8%, No Religion 18.0%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Lutheran 4.0%.

In Flinders View 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 0.5%, Malayalam 0.2%, Urdu 0.2%, Fijian 0.2% and Spanish 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flinders View. Of these 63.5% were employed full time, 24.5% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flinders View, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flinders View was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Flinders View included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Professionals 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.3%, Managers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Flinders View, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 9.6%, School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flinders View was $704.

In Flinders View, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Train 1.8%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.1%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flinders View, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.9% 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 Flinders View, 28.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flinders View, 53.0% were couple families with children, 32.5% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Flinders View 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flinders View, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,268 and those without children was $2,074.

Employment status of couple families

In Flinders View, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 21.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flinders View, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders View, 97.2% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Flinders View, of occupied private dwellings 2.2% had 1 bedroom, 0.9% had 2 bedrooms and 39.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders View, 24.2% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Flinders View, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 2.2% were group households.

In Flinders View, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Flinders View, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flinders View, there were 189 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 90 (or 47.6%) were male and 99 (or 52.4%) 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 Flinders View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,559.

In Flinders View, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,767.