Federal (NSW)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 712 people in Federal (NSW) of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Federal (NSW) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Federal (NSW) aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Federal (NSW) was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Federal (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Federal (NSW) was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Federal (NSW) 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.4% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Federal (NSW) were English 29.8%, Australian 29.4%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 7.5% and German 4.0%.

In Federal (NSW), 77.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.8%, Germany 1.0%, United States of America 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Federal (NSW), 60.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Federal (NSW) were No Religion 43.5%, Catholic 13.3%, Anglican 11.5%, Buddhism 4.9% and Judaism 2.5%.

In Federal (NSW) 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.4%, Dutch 1.3%, Spanish 0.7%, Arabic 0.4% and Hebrew 0.4%.

Employment

There were 341 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Federal (NSW). Of these 40.8% were employed full time, 44.6% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Federal (NSW), 21.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Federal (NSW) was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Federal (NSW) included Professionals 26.1%, Managers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Federal (NSW), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, School Education 5.1%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%, Tertiary Education 2.9% and Medical Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Federal (NSW) was $480.

In Federal (NSW), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.9%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Walked only 1.9%, Truck 1.6% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Federal (NSW), of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Federal (NSW), 30.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Federal (NSW), 50.0% were couple families with children, 33.5% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Federal (NSW) 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Federal (NSW), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,826 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Federal (NSW), of couple families with children, 10.6% had both partners employed full-time, 12.5% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Federal (NSW), 87.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Federal (NSW), 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Federal (NSW), of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% 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 Federal (NSW), 35.2% were owned outright, 38.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Federal (NSW), of all households, 72.7% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Federal (NSW), 28.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.3% 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 Federal (NSW), 32.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Federal (NSW), there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Federal (NSW), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Federal (NSW), 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.