Fairview Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,620 people in Fairview Park of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairview Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.3% of the population.

Of people in Fairview Park aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairview Park was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Fairview Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairview Park was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Fairview Park 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.6% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 18.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairview Park were English 37.1%, Australian 27.0%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.1% and German 5.7%.

In Fairview Park, 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.9%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 0.6% and New Zealand 0.6%.

In Fairview Park, 54.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairview Park were No Religion 31.5%, Anglican 17.0%, Catholic 16.3%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Baptist 3.5%.

In Fairview Park 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Polish 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Bosnian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,991 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairview Park. Of these 59.5% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairview Park, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairview Park was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Fairview Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.5%, Professionals 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Fairview Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairview Park was $670.

In Fairview Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.6%, Bus 7.1%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Bus, car as driver 1.6% and Walked only 0.8%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairview Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Fairview Park, 30.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairview Park, 44.1% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

In Fairview Park 28.5% of single parents were male and 71.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairview Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,138 and those without children was $2,134.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairview Park, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 28.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairview Park, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairview Park, 99.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In Fairview Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.8% had 2 bedrooms and 65.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairview Park, 35.6% were owned outright, 53.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairview Park, of all households, 81.4% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Fairview Park, 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.7% 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 Fairview Park, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairview Park, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 54.5%) were male and 5 (or 45.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Fairview Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.9, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Fairview Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,450.