Fairlight

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,489 people in Fairlight of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairlight was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Fairlight aged 15 years and over, 47.4% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairlight was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Fairlight, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fairlight was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Fairlight 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 25.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairlight were English 32.7%, Australian 22.2%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 8.6% and German 3.0%.

In Fairlight, 62.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.9%, New Zealand 2.9%, South Africa 1.6%, Scotland 1.5% and United States of America 1.4%.

In Fairlight, 43.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairlight were No Religion 30.5%, Catholic 24.8%, Anglican 22.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.0% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Fairlight 86.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.1%, French 1.0%, Spanish 0.8%, Italian 0.6% and Portuguese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 3,228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairlight. Of these 64.4% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 3.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairlight, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairlight was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Fairlight included Professionals 38.0%, Managers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.0%, Labourers 3.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.8%.

Of the employed people in Fairlight, the most common responses for industry of employment included Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.4%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.8%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.5% and School Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairlight was $1,063.

In Fairlight, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.3%, Bus 13.2%, Ferry 8.7%, Walked only 4.9% and Car, as passenger 3.4%. On the day, 29.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairlight, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Fairlight, 31.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairlight, 41.0% were couple families with children, 46.5% were couple families without children and 11.3% were one parent families.

In Fairlight 13.7% of single parents were male and 86.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairlight, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,311 and those without children was $2,966.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairlight, of couple families with children, 27.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 21.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairlight, 88.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairlight, 29.0% were separate houses, 18.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 52.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Fairlight, of occupied private dwellings 10.5% had 1 bedroom, 37.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairlight, 32.3% were owned outright, 30.2% were owned with a mortgage and 35.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairlight, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 25.9% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Fairlight, 10.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.3% 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 Fairlight, 50.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairlight, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 10 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 35 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 Fairlight, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Fairlight, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.