Fryerstown

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 320 people in Fryerstown of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Fryerstown was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Fryerstown aged 15 years and over, 38.4% were married and 25.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fryerstown was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Fryerstown, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 23.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Fryerstown was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Fryerstown 30.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 28.9% in secondary school and 13.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fryerstown were English 34.3%, Australian 26.2%, Irish 11.7%, Scottish 10.3% and German 2.5%.

In Fryerstown, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.0%, Scotland 1.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%, India 1.2% and New Zealand 1.2%.

In Fryerstown, 72.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fryerstown were No Religion 50.2%, Catholic 13.6%, Anglican 7.1%, Christian, nfd 3.4% and Buddhism 3.1%.

In Fryerstown 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Finnish 1.2%.

Employment

There were 139 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fryerstown. Of these 48.2% were employed full time, 42.4% were employed part-time and 7.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fryerstown, 22.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fryerstown was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Fryerstown included Professionals 31.6%, Labourers 11.3%, Managers 10.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Fryerstown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 5.2%, Medical Services 3.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.0%, Air and Space Transport 3.0% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fryerstown was $484.

In Fryerstown, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.9%, Train 4.4%, Bus 2.2%, Taxi 2.2% and Car, as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 8.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fryerstown, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.8% 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 Fryerstown, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 23.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fryerstown, 41.2% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 18.8% were one parent families.

In Fryerstown 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fryerstown, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $5,000.

Employment status of couple families

In Fryerstown, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 10.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fryerstown, 58.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 41.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fryerstown, 95.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 5.0% were other dwellings.

In Fryerstown, of occupied private dwellings 7.5% had 1 bedroom, 35.8% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fryerstown, 41.8% were owned outright, 40.2% were owned with a mortgage and 15.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Fryerstown, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 30.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Fryerstown, 35.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Fryerstown, 37.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fryerstown, 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 Fryerstown, 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 Fryerstown, 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.