Fairy Bower

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 116 people in Fairy Bower of these 56.0% were male and 44.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Fairy Bower was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Fairy Bower aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Fairy Bower was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Fairy Bower, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.1% were in a de facto marriage.

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

In Fairy Bower 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.6% were in primary school, 34.3% in secondary school and 8.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Fairy Bower were English 38.0%, Australian 34.7%, Irish 8.7%, German 8.0% and Scottish 6.0%.

In Fairy Bower, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 3.4%.

In Fairy Bower, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Fairy Bower were Anglican 31.0%, Catholic 24.1%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Fairy Bower 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 65 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Fairy Bower. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Fairy Bower, 4.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Fairy Bower was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Fairy Bower were Machinery Operators And Drivers 25.0%, Managers 15.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.1%, Sales Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4% and Professionals 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Fairy Bower, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.7%, Cement, Lime, Plaster and Concrete Product Manufacturing 6.3%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.3%, Road Freight Transport 6.3% and Newspaper, Periodical, Book and Directory Publishing 6.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Fairy Bower was $640.

In Fairy Bower, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 54.0%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Truck 4.8%, Car as driver, truck 4.8% and Walked only 4.8%. 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 52.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Fairy Bower, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.4% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.5% 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 Fairy Bower, 37.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Fairy Bower, 44.4% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Fairy Bower 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Fairy Bower, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $974.

Employment status of couple families

In Fairy Bower, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.7% had both employed part-time and 9.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Fairy Bower, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairy Bower, 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 Fairy Bower, of occupied private dwellings 7.9% had 1 bedroom, 13.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Fairy Bower, 28.2% were owned outright, 53.8% were owned with a mortgage and 17.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Fairy Bower, of all households, 92.3% were family households, 7.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Fairy Bower, 27.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Fairy Bower, 23.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Fairy Bower, 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 Fairy Bower, 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 Fairy Bower, 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.