Freemans Reach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,239 people in Freemans Reach of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Freemans Reach was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Freemans Reach aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Freemans Reach was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Freemans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Freemans Reach 34.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 29.1% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Freemans Reach were Australian 35.0%, English 30.1%, Irish 7.2%, Scottish 6.1% and Maltese 2.9%.

In Freemans Reach, 85.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.6%, Malta 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.3%.

In Freemans Reach, 71.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Freemans Reach were Anglican 33.8%, Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 17.8%, Uniting Church 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Freemans Reach 91.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Maltese 0.7%, Dutch 0.4%, Korean 0.3%, Auslan 0.3% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 674 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Freemans Reach. Of these 62.6% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Freemans Reach, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Freemans Reach included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.1%, Professionals 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Managers 13.4%, Labourers 9.9%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%.

Of the employed people in Freemans Reach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 2.9% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Freemans Reach was $674.

In Freemans Reach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Truck 3.5%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Train 0.8%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Freemans Reach, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.7% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Freemans Reach, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Freemans Reach, 53.9% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 15.2% were one parent families.

In Freemans Reach 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Freemans Reach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,990 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Freemans Reach, of couple families with children, 26.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 30.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Freemans Reach, 93.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freemans Reach, 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 Freemans Reach, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freemans Reach, 26.1% were owned outright, 57.1% were owned with a mortgage and 13.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Freemans Reach, of all households, 85.1% were family households, 13.6% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Freemans Reach, 10.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Freemans Reach, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Freemans Reach, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 63.2%) were male and 7 (or 36.8%) 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 Freemans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Freemans Reach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,034.