Falmouth

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 195 people in Falmouth of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Falmouth was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.2% of the population.

Of people in Falmouth aged 15 years and over, 51.8% were married and 17.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Falmouth was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Falmouth, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Falmouth was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Falmouth 22.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 29.3% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Falmouth were Australian 35.4%, English 30.9%, Irish 11.8%, Scottish 4.9% and German 2.4%.

In Falmouth, 85.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.6%, Japan 1.5% and Netherlands 1.5%.

In Falmouth, 76.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The only responses for religion in Falmouth were No Religion 45.9%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 19.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.1%.

In Falmouth 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 2.6% and Japanese 1.5%.

Employment

There were 99 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Falmouth. Of these 42.4% were employed full time, 45.5% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Falmouth, 21.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Falmouth was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Falmouth included Managers 21.1%, Professionals 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Labourers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Falmouth, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 16.5%, Residential Building Construction 9.9%, Accommodation 9.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.4% and Aquaculture 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Falmouth was $528.

In Falmouth, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 3.3%, Other 3.3%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.3% and Walked only 3.3%. 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 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Falmouth, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.1% provided care for children and 7.1% 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 Falmouth, 19.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Falmouth, 43.8% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 6.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Falmouth, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Falmouth, of couple families with children, 6.4% had both partners employed full-time, 14.9% had both employed part-time and 12.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Falmouth, 44.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Falmouth, 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 Falmouth, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 32.1% had 2 bedrooms and 30.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Falmouth, 51.2% were owned outright, 32.9% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Falmouth, of all households, 59.3% were family households, 40.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Falmouth, 38.4% 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 Falmouth, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Falmouth, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Falmouth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Falmouth, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,340.