Fosterton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 244 people in Fosterton of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Fosterton was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.6% of the population.

Of people in Fosterton aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 18.6% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Fosterton, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fosterton was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Fosterton 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 19.4% in secondary school and 6.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fosterton were Australian 33.8%, English 33.8%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 8.5% and German 3.0%.

In Fosterton, 92.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 2.0%, Canada 1.2% and France 1.2%.

In Fosterton, 86.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fosterton were Anglican 25.8%, Catholic 17.2%, No Religion 13.5%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 9.4%.

In Fosterton 97.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.2%.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fosterton. Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 38.5% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fosterton, 17.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fosterton was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Fosterton included Managers 24.8%, Professionals 19.7%, Labourers 16.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Fosterton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 5.9%, School Education 5.9%, Road Freight Transport 3.4% and Other Livestock Farming 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fosterton was $475.

In Fosterton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.8%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 5.8%, Walked only 3.3% and Bus 2.5%. On the day, 4.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fosterton, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.9% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.6% 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 Fosterton, 30.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fosterton, 32.9% were couple families with children, 52.9% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Fosterton 45.5% of single parents were male and 54.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fosterton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Fosterton, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 35.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fosterton, 78.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fosterton, 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 Fosterton, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fosterton, 38.8% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 26.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Fosterton, of all households, 69.1% were family households, 26.8% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Fosterton, 32.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Fosterton, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fosterton, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Fosterton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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