Flying Fish Cove

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,346 people in Flying Fish Cove of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Flying Fish Cove was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Flying Fish Cove aged 15 years and over, 60.1% were married and 7.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flying Fish Cove was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Flying Fish Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flying Fish Cove was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Flying Fish Cove 30.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.7% were in primary school, 15.7% in secondary school and 7.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flying Fish Cove were Chinese 26.7%, Australian 16.7%, Malay 13.6%, English 12.6% and Irish 3.1%.

In Flying Fish Cove, 47.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Malaysia 27.6%, Singapore 3.3%, England 2.8%, Afghanistan 2.2% and Indonesia 1.2%.

In Flying Fish Cove, 24.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 60.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flying Fish Cove were Buddhism 25.8%, Islam 22.5%, No Religion 13.9%, Catholic 10.5% and Anglican 5.6%.

In Flying Fish Cove 36.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Malay 20.0%, Mandarin 17.2%, Cantonese 10.2%, Min Nan 1.5% and Thai 0.9%.

Employment

There were 797 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flying Fish Cove. Of these 76.4% were employed full time, 15.3% were employed part-time and 0.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flying Fish Cove, 5.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flying Fish Cove was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Flying Fish Cove included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.9%, Labourers 16.1%, Professionals 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Managers 10.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3% and Sales Workers 1.3%.

Of the employed people in Flying Fish Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Non-Metallic Mineral Mining and Quarrying 17.0%, Public Order and Safety Services 12.1%, School Education 7.6%, Central Government Administration 7.0% and Local Government Administration 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flying Fish Cove was $1,018.

In Flying Fish Cove, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.1%, Car, as passenger 9.6%, Bus 6.2%, Walked only 4.6% and Motorbike/scooter 2.0%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flying Fish Cove, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 3.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.2% 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 Flying Fish Cove, 24.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flying Fish Cove, 49.9% were couple families with children, 38.3% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Flying Fish Cove 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flying Fish Cove, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,578 and those without children was $2,285.

Employment status of couple families

In Flying Fish Cove, of couple families with children, 38.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 13.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flying Fish Cove, 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flying Fish Cove, 39.6% were separate houses, 14.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 44.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Flying Fish Cove, of occupied private dwellings 12.3% had 1 bedroom, 26.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flying Fish Cove, 32.4% were owned outright, 12.3% were owned with a mortgage and 49.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Flying Fish Cove, of all households, 72.4% were family households, 23.9% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Flying Fish Cove, 8.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.8% 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 Flying Fish Cove, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flying Fish Cove, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 50.0%) were male and 5 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Flying Fish Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,208.

In Flying Fish Cove, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $272 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.