North Fremantle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,724 people in North Fremantle of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Fremantle was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in North Fremantle aged 15 years and over, 41.8% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Fremantle was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In North Fremantle, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Fremantle was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In North Fremantle 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.0% were in primary school, 11.0% in secondary school and 27.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Fremantle were English 30.3%, Australian 21.9%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.8% and German 3.2%.

In North Fremantle, 63.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.2%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.6%, South Africa 1.2% and United States of America 0.9%.

In North Fremantle, 49.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Fremantle were No Religion 32.6%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In North Fremantle 84.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.8%, Spanish 0.7%, French 0.5%, Polish 0.5% and Thai 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,457 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Fremantle. Of these 60.3% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Fremantle, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Fremantle was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in North Fremantle included Professionals 41.5%, Managers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 6.6%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in North Fremantle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 5.3%, School Education 4.8%, Hospitals 4.6%, Tertiary Education 3.4% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Fremantle was $973.

In North Fremantle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.9%, Train 9.6%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Bicycle 3.4% and Walked only 2.9%. On the day, 15.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Fremantle, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 North Fremantle, 26.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Fremantle, 32.5% were couple families with children, 53.1% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In North Fremantle 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Fremantle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,194 and those without children was $3,108.

Employment status of couple families

In North Fremantle, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Fremantle, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Fremantle, 43.7% were separate houses, 39.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In North Fremantle, of occupied private dwellings 8.9% had 1 bedroom, 29.5% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Fremantle, 31.1% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 39.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Fremantle, of all households, 59.9% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In North Fremantle, 21.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.3% 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 North Fremantle, 38.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Fremantle, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 55.6%) were male and 8 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 7 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 North Fremantle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $287.

In North Fremantle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.