Flinders Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,631 people in Flinders Park of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Flinders Park was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Flinders Park aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flinders Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Flinders Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flinders Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Flinders Park 27.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 25.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flinders Park were English 21.6%, Australian 20.3%, Italian 16.8%, Greek 7.6% and Irish 4.7%.

In Flinders Park, 72.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 5.7%, Greece 2.4%, India 2.0%, England 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.6%.

In Flinders Park, 48.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flinders Park were Catholic 35.2%, No Religion 18.8%, Eastern Orthodox 10.5%, Anglican 8.2% and Uniting Church 7.6%.

In Flinders Park 69.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 9.6%, Greek 6.6%, Mandarin 1.4%, Cantonese 0.8% and Serbian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 2,275 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flinders Park. Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flinders Park, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flinders Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Flinders Park included Professionals 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Managers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Flinders Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Hospitals 4.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.9% and State Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flinders Park was $520.

In Flinders Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Bus 6.1%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Bicycle 2.0% and Walked only 1.8%. On the day, 8.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flinders Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.3% 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, 15.1% 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 Flinders Park, 26.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flinders Park, 43.2% were couple families with children, 40.1% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Flinders Park 18.7% of single parents were male and 81.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flinders Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,194 and those without children was $2,087.

Employment status of couple families

In Flinders Park, of couple families with children, 17.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 22.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flinders Park, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders Park, 88.3% were separate houses, 8.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Flinders Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 62.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flinders Park, 43.4% were owned outright, 28.9% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Flinders Park, of all households, 70.8% were family households, 25.6% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Flinders Park, 27.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Flinders Park, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flinders Park, there were 30 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 43.3%) were male and 17 (or 56.7%) 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 Flinders Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Flinders Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $80 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.