Freshwater Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 239 people in Freshwater Point of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Freshwater Point was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Freshwater Point aged 15 years and over, 55.3% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Freshwater Point was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Freshwater Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Freshwater Point was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Freshwater Point 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.7% were in primary school, 16.7% in secondary school and 20.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Freshwater Point were Australian 31.1%, English 29.0%, Irish 10.0%, German 9.4% and Scottish 7.3%.

In Freshwater Point, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.6%, New Zealand 4.6%, Netherlands 1.7%, Papua New Guinea 1.7% and Austria 1.2%.

In Freshwater Point, 76.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Freshwater Point were Anglican 24.2%, No Religion 22.1%, Catholic 21.7%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Christian, nfd 5.0%.

In Freshwater Point 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Freshwater Point. Of these 59.8% were employed full time, 26.2% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Freshwater Point, 5.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Freshwater Point was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Freshwater Point included Machinery Operators And Drivers 23.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Professionals 15.3%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 8.5%, Managers 5.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Freshwater Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Rail Freight Transport 10.9%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Coal Mining 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Freshwater Point was $652.

In Freshwater Point, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 76.1% and Car, as passenger 7.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 82.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Freshwater Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.6% 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 Freshwater Point, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Freshwater Point, 36.6% were couple families with children, 54.9% were couple families without children and 8.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Freshwater Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $2,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Freshwater Point, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Freshwater Point, 85.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freshwater Point, 93.1% were separate houses, 3.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Freshwater Point, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freshwater Point, 41.4% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 18.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Freshwater Point, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Freshwater Point, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.0% 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 Freshwater Point, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Freshwater Point, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 66.7%) were male and 4 (or 33.3%) 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 Freshwater Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,483.

In Freshwater Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,683.