Failford

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 495 people in Failford of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Failford was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.6% of the population.

Of people in Failford aged 15 years and over, 63.4% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Failford was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Failford, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Failford was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Failford 21.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.3% were in primary school, 35.5% in secondary school and 12.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Failford were English 37.2%, Australian 30.2%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 9.3% and Dutch 1.9%.

In Failford, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.9%, Netherlands 1.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Philippines 0.8% and South Africa 0.8%.

In Failford, 72.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Failford were Anglican 36.5%, Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 13.9%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Failford 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Failford. Of these 48.5% were employed full time, 38.3% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Failford, 12.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Failford was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Failford included Technicians and Trades Workers 15.4%, Managers 14.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Professionals 12.6%, Sales Workers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Labourers 10.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Failford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 7.7%, Building Installation Services 4.4%, School Education 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Failford was $406.

In Failford, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.7%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 4.9%, Motorbike/scooter 2.2% and Walked only 2.2%. 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 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Failford, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 Failford, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Failford, 35.1% were couple families with children, 57.1% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Failford 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Failford, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Failford, of couple families with children, 7.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Failford, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Failford, 80.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 20.0% were other dwellings.

In Failford, of occupied private dwellings 11.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.4% had 2 bedrooms and 29.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Failford, 56.5% were owned outright, 29.0% were owned with a mortgage and 9.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Failford, of all households, 76.5% were family households, 21.5% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Failford, 33.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Failford, 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Failford, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 68.8%) were male and 5 (or 31.2%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Failford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,383.

In Failford, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,333.