French Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 116 people in French Island of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in French Island was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in French Island aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 18.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in French Island was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 47 years.

In French Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in French Island was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In French Island 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in French Island were English 31.6%, Australian 29.7%, Irish 7.6%, Scottish 5.7% and Italian 4.4%.

In French Island, 88.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.4%, Germany 3.5% and Italy 3.5%.

In French Island, 68.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in French Island were No Religion 53.4%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 8.6%, Anglican 6.0% and Other Protestant 3.4%.

In French Island 91.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Japanese 3.5%, German 2.6% and Italian 2.6%.

Employment

There were 57 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in French Island. Of these 50.9% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in French Island, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in French Island was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The only other responses for occupation in French Island were Managers 55.8%, Professionals 21.2%, Labourers 13.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%.

Of the employed people in French Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.6%, Hospitals 9.3%, Residential Building Construction 7.4%, Residential Care Services 7.4% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in French Island was $290.

In French Island, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 20.8%, Ferry, car as driver 5.7% and Ferry, car as passenger 5.7%. On the day, 11.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 18.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In French Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 14.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 56.2% 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 French Island, 21.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 26.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in French Island, 21.4% were couple families with children, 67.9% were couple families without children and 10.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In French Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $733.

Employment status of couple families

In French Island, of couple families with children, 15.4% had both partners employed full-time, 15.4% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In French Island, 44.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 55.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in French Island, 93.8% 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 French Island, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 38.3% had 2 bedrooms and 27.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in French Island, 70.8% were owned outright, 29.2% were owned with a mortgage and 0.0% were rented.

Household composition

In French Island, of all households, 45.8% were family households, 45.8% were single person households and 8.3% were group households.

In French Island, 65.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 French Island, 52.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 15.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In French Island, 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.