The Falls

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 197 people in The Falls of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in The Falls was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 23.0% of the population.

Of people in The Falls aged 15 years and over, 56.5% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in The Falls was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In The Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in The Falls was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In The Falls 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in The Falls were Australian 28.6%, English 24.7%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 9.1% and German 7.0%.

In The Falls, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Austria 1.5%, France 1.5%, Netherlands 1.5% and New Zealand 1.5%.

In The Falls, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in The Falls were Anglican 25.9%, Catholic 18.8%, No Religion 16.2%, Uniting Church 15.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 10.2%.

In The Falls 86.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 4.1% and German 1.5%.

Employment

There were 91 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in The Falls. Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in The Falls, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in The Falls was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in The Falls included Managers 23.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.5%, Labourers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Sales Workers 4.8% and Professionals 3.6%.

Of the employed people in The Falls, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.9%, School Education 8.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.7%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.7% and Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in The Falls was $450.

In The Falls, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 47.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Truck 3.5% and Other 3.5%. 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 55.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In The Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 17.0% provided care for children and 13.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.4% 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 The Falls, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in The Falls, 31.4% were couple families with children, 51.0% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In The Falls, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In The Falls, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 6.7% had both employed part-time and 6.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In The Falls, 65.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 34.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Falls, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In The Falls, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.6% had 2 bedrooms and 51.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in The Falls, 54.8% were owned outright, 30.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.1% were rented.

Household composition

In The Falls, of all households, 71.6% were family households, 23.0% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In The Falls, 45.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 The Falls, 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In The Falls, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 The Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In The Falls, 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.