Fraser Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 194 people in Fraser Island of these 57.2% were male and 42.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Fraser Island was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 2.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.4% of the population.

Of people in Fraser Island aged 15 years and over, 34.6% were married and 19.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fraser Island was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Fraser Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fraser Island was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Fraser Island 17.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.0% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 28.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fraser Island were English 26.2%, Australian 25.1%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.9% and German 4.5%.

In Fraser Island, 68.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.2%, England 4.7%, India 3.6%, France 2.1% and Philippines 2.1%.

In Fraser Island, 59.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fraser Island were No Religion 24.7%, Catholic 22.2%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Fraser Island 78.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hindi 3.1%, Vietnamese 2.1%, Filipino 2.1% and Japanese 2.1%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fraser Island. Of these 69.2% were employed full time, 20.8% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fraser Island, 5.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fraser Island was 30 years and for people who were employed part-time was 57 years.

The most common occupations in Fraser Island included Managers 19.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Professionals 9.2%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Fraser Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation 58.0%, Building Installation Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4%, Market Research and Statistical Services 3.4% and Parks and Gardens Operations 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fraser Island was $562.

In Fraser Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 45.8%, Car, as driver 17.8%, Other 6.8%, Bus 3.4% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 18.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fraser Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.4% provided care for children and 3.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Fraser Island, 15.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fraser Island, 10.0% were couple families with children, 80.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Fraser Island 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fraser Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $862.

Employment status of couple families

In Fraser Island, of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 17.2% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fraser Island, 19.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 80.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fraser Island, 77.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.1% were flats, units or apartments and 11.1% were other dwellings.

In Fraser Island, of occupied private dwellings 11.5% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 23.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fraser Island, 42.3% were owned outright, 5.8% were owned with a mortgage and 46.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Fraser Island, of all households, 51.9% were family households, 40.4% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Fraser Island, 28.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Fraser Island, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 22.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fraser Island, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Fraser Island, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Fraser Island, 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.