Flora Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,865 people in Flora Hill of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Flora Hill was 28 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.4% of the population.

Of people in Flora Hill aged 15 years and over, 30.9% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flora Hill was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Flora Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flora Hill was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 30 years.

In Flora Hill 41.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.2% were in primary school, 11.6% in secondary school and 53.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flora Hill were Australian 30.6%, English 28.8%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.2% and German 3.8%.

In Flora Hill, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, India 0.7%, Malaysia 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Flora Hill, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flora Hill were No Religion 30.6%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 2.7%.

In Flora Hill 89.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 0.8%, Mandarin 0.8%, Vietnamese 0.5%, Italian 0.4% and Karen 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,960 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flora Hill. Of these 47.8% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 7.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flora Hill, 20.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 33.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flora Hill was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 26 years.

The most common occupations in Flora Hill included Professionals 22.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.7%, Sales Workers 13.6%, Labourers 12.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Managers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Flora Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.7%, School Education 5.4%, Tertiary Education 3.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flora Hill was $420.

In Flora Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.0%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Walked only 4.1%, Bicycle 1.4% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flora Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.9% 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 Flora Hill, 27.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flora Hill, 35.5% were couple families with children, 35.7% were couple families without children and 25.6% were one parent families.

In Flora Hill 15.7% of single parents were male and 84.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flora Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,005 and those without children was $1,890.

Employment status of couple families

In Flora Hill, of couple families with children, 19.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flora Hill, 89.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flora Hill, 76.9% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Flora Hill, of occupied private dwellings 2.5% had 1 bedroom, 26.2% had 2 bedrooms and 55.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flora Hill, 25.1% were owned outright, 25.5% were owned with a mortgage and 46.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Flora Hill, of all households, 56.9% were family households, 31.3% were single person households and 11.9% were group households.

In Flora Hill, 31.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Flora Hill, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flora Hill, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 21 (or 58.3%) were male and 15 (or 41.7%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Flora Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Flora Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $156 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,417.