Freestone

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 268 people in Freestone of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Freestone was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.3% of the population.

Of people in Freestone aged 15 years and over, 66.2% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Freestone was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Freestone, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Freestone was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 20 years.

In Freestone 27.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.5% were in primary school, 29.9% in secondary school and 9.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Freestone were Australian 34.4%, English 31.9%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 8.6% and German 7.3%.

In Freestone, 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.2%, Canada 1.1%, England 1.1%, Netherlands 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Freestone, 79.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Freestone were Anglican 32.3%, No Religion 24.9%, Catholic 20.4%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Baptist 2.2%.

In Freestone 98.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Freestone. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 28.6% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Freestone, 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Freestone was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Freestone included Managers 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 15.3%, Labourers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%, Sales Workers 5.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Freestone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 13.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.9%, School Education 4.9%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.3% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Freestone was $475.

In Freestone, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Other 5.0%, Bus 3.3% and Walked only 3.3%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Freestone, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 41.1% provided care for children and 17.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.4% 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 Freestone, 29.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 22.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Freestone, 46.7% were couple families with children, 44.0% were couple families without children and 9.3% were one parent families.

In Freestone 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Freestone, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Freestone, of couple families with children, 18.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.1% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Freestone, 84.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freestone, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

In Freestone, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freestone, 34.5% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 14.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Freestone, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Freestone, 26.2% 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 Freestone, 18.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Freestone, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Freestone, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Freestone, 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.