Image Flat

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 462 people in Image Flat of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Image Flat was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.7% of the population.

Of people in Image Flat aged 15 years and over, 52.4% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Image Flat was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Image Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Image Flat was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Image Flat 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.6% were in primary school, 25.4% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Image Flat were English 37.4%, Australian 31.1%, Scottish 8.1%, Irish 6.6% and German 5.6%.

In Image Flat, 83.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.5%, New Zealand 3.5%, Tokelau 1.1%, France 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Image Flat, 74.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Image Flat were Anglican 22.3%, Catholic 18.4%, No Religion 17.3%, Christian, nfd 10.4% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Image Flat 93.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tokelauan 1.1% and Tagalog 0.6%.

Employment

There were 229 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Image Flat. Of these 48.9% were employed full time, 39.3% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Image Flat, 16.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Image Flat was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Image Flat included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Professionals 17.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Labourers 11.8%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Image Flat, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Hospitals 5.1%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 4.7% and Residential Care Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Image Flat was $495.

In Image Flat, 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 8.9%, Truck 4.7%, Walked only 1.9% and Bus 1.4%. On the day, 2.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Image Flat, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.0% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Image Flat, 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Image Flat, 47.5% were couple families with children, 44.9% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Image Flat 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Image Flat, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,791 and those without children was $875.

Employment status of couple families

In Image Flat, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Image Flat, 96.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Image Flat, 97.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Image Flat, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.5% had 2 bedrooms and 41.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Image Flat, 41.1% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Image Flat, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 18.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Image Flat, 22.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.1% 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 Image Flat, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Image Flat, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 33.3%) were male and 8 (or 66.7%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Image Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Image Flat, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,890.