Flying Fish Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 419 people in Flying Fish Point of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 15.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Flying Fish Point was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Flying Fish Point aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flying Fish Point was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Flying Fish Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flying Fish Point was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Flying Fish Point 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.3% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 5.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flying Fish Point were Australian 30.9%, English 26.8%, Scottish 5.8%, Irish 5.8% and Italian 3.8%.

In Flying Fish Point, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Netherlands 1.4%, Norway 1.2% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Flying Fish Point, 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flying Fish Point were Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 21.0%, No Religion 21.0%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Pentecostal 3.1%.

In Flying Fish Point 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Dutch 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Latvian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flying Fish Point. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flying Fish Point, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flying Fish Point was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Flying Fish Point included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.8%, Labourers 17.4%, Professionals 14.0%, Managers 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.0% and Sales Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Flying Fish Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 12.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 2.2% and Aquaculture 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flying Fish Point was $492.

In Flying Fish Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Truck 4.0% and Bus 3.4%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flying Fish Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% 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, 17.8% 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 Flying Fish Point, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flying Fish Point, 35.3% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Flying Fish Point 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flying Fish Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Flying Fish Point, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 19.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flying Fish Point, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flying Fish Point, 91.2% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Flying Fish Point, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 20.6% had 2 bedrooms and 56.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flying Fish Point, 34.2% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 39.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Flying Fish Point, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Flying Fish Point, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Flying Fish Point, 45.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flying Fish Point, there were 65 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 37 (or 56.9%) were male and 28 (or 43.1%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Flying Fish Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $817.

In Flying Fish Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $255 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.