Frankston South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 17,612 people in Frankston South of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Frankston South was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Frankston South aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Frankston South was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Frankston South, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Frankston South was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Frankston South 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 19.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Frankston South were English 32.4%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 8.1% and Italian 3.0%.

In Frankston South, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 0.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Frankston South, 55.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Frankston South were No Religion 29.0%, Catholic 22.1%, Anglican 20.6%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Frankston South 88.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.1%, Greek 0.9%, German 0.7%, Mandarin 0.6% and Dutch 0.3%.

Employment

There were 8,974 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Frankston South. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Frankston South, 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Frankston South was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Frankston South included Professionals 22.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 14.1%, Sales Workers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Frankston South, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Hospitals 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Frankston South was $595.

In Frankston South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train 2.3%, Train, car as driver 1.1% and Walked only 1.1%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Frankston South, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.7% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.4% 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 Frankston South, 26.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Frankston South, 48.7% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 13.2% were one parent families.

In Frankston South 17.4% of single parents were male and 82.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Frankston South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,444 and those without children was $2,157.

Employment status of couple families

In Frankston South, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 26.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Frankston South, 91.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frankston South, 86.7% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Frankston South, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.2% had 2 bedrooms and 44.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frankston South, 36.9% were owned outright, 41.0% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Frankston South, of all households, 75.9% were family households, 22.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Frankston South, 21.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.8% 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 Frankston South, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Frankston South, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 59 (or 64.1%) were male and 33 (or 35.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Frankston South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,035.

In Frankston South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.