Fitzroy Crossing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,144 people in Fitzroy Crossing of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 66.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Fitzroy Crossing was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.9% of the population.

Of people in Fitzroy Crossing aged 15 years and over, 31.4% were married and 6.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fitzroy Crossing was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Fitzroy Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 26.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fitzroy Crossing was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Fitzroy Crossing 27.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fitzroy Crossing were Australian Aboriginal 44.4%, Australian 20.4%, English 14.7%, Irish 4.1% and Scottish 3.1%.

In Fitzroy Crossing, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.3%, Taiwan 1.0%, Ireland 0.4% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.3%.

In Fitzroy Crossing, 84.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fitzroy Crossing were No Religion 25.5%, Other Protestant 18.4%, Uniting Church 17.3%, Catholic 11.7% and Anglican 5.0%.

In Fitzroy Crossing 47.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 22.6%, Walmajarri 12.2%, Bunuba 6.2%, Gooniyandi 1.1% and Mandarin 1.0%.

Employment

There were 447 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fitzroy Crossing. Of these 62.9% were employed full time, 23.3% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fitzroy Crossing, 6.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fitzroy Crossing was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Fitzroy Crossing included Professionals 26.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 19.4%, Labourers 15.6%, Managers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.1%, Sales Workers 4.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Fitzroy Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 15.8%, Adult, Community and Other Education 7.5%, Accommodation 6.4%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.6% and State Government Administration 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fitzroy Crossing was $385.

In Fitzroy Crossing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 40.5%, Car, as driver 30.4%, Car, as passenger 12.9%, Bicycle 2.1% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 44.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fitzroy Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.5% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.9% 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 Fitzroy Crossing, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fitzroy Crossing, 33.7% were couple families with children, 27.2% were couple families without children and 33.7% were one parent families.

In Fitzroy Crossing 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fitzroy Crossing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $2,654.

Employment status of couple families

In Fitzroy Crossing, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 15.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fitzroy Crossing, 83.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fitzroy Crossing, 77.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 16.6% were flats, units or apartments and 5.2% were other dwellings.

In Fitzroy Crossing, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fitzroy Crossing, 4.5% were owned outright, 3.5% were owned with a mortgage and 88.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Fitzroy Crossing, of all households, 73.5% were family households, 23.3% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Fitzroy Crossing, 19.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.9% 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 Fitzroy Crossing, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fitzroy Crossing, there were 763 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 377 (or 49.4%) were male and 386 (or 50.6%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Fitzroy Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $757.

In Fitzroy Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $35 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,263.