Fifield

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 287 people in Fifield of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Fifield was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.2% of the population.

Of people in Fifield aged 15 years and over, 70.4% were married and 5.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fifield was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Fifield, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fifield was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Fifield 25.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 43.2% were in primary school, 16.2% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fifield were Australian 35.0%, English 28.3%, Irish 14.1%, Scottish 9.4% and German 3.8%.

In Fifield, 95.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was New Zealand 1.0%.

In Fifield, 91.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 1.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fifield were Anglican 31.5%, Catholic 31.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 11.8%, No Religion 5.9% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In Fifield 97.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 152 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fifield. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 25.0% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fifield, 11.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fifield was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Fifield included Managers 53.4%, Professionals 13.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.5%, Labourers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1%, Sales Workers 2.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.0%.

Of the employed people in Fifield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 52.1%, School Education 4.1%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fifield was $408.

In Fifield, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.5%, Car, as passenger 3.4%, Walked only 3.4%, Bicycle 2.7% and Other 2.7%. 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 45.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fifield, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 19.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 45.0% 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 Fifield, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fifield, 51.8% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 3.6% were one parent families.

In Fifield 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fifield, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,416 and those without children was $937.

Employment status of couple families

In Fifield, of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 18.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fifield, 77.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 22.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fifield, 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 Fifield, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fifield, 52.4% were owned outright, 22.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Fifield, of all households, 79.2% were family households, 16.8% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Fifield, 29.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Fifield, 11.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 38.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fifield, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 36.4%) were male and 14 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Fifield, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Fifield, 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.