Flagstaff Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,850 people in Flagstaff Hill of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Flagstaff Hill was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Flagstaff Hill aged 15 years and over, 60.7% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flagstaff Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Flagstaff Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flagstaff Hill was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Flagstaff Hill 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.8% were in primary school, 22.3% in secondary school and 24.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flagstaff Hill were English 33.5%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 5.7% and German 5.5%.

In Flagstaff Hill, 71.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.3%, Scotland 1.8%, South Africa 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%.

In Flagstaff Hill, 53.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flagstaff Hill were No Religion 28.9%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 15.4%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Lutheran 3.8%.

In Flagstaff Hill 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, Mandarin 0.8%, Persian (excluding Dari) 0.6% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 5,615 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flagstaff Hill. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flagstaff Hill, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flagstaff Hill was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Flagstaff Hill included Professionals 23.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.8%, Managers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Labourers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Flagstaff Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 5.8%, School Education 5.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8% and Residential Care Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flagstaff Hill was $681.

In Flagstaff Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.2%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 4.4%, Train, car as driver 0.8% and Truck 0.7%. On the day, 6.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flagstaff Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.5% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.5% 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 Flagstaff Hill, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flagstaff Hill, 50.8% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Flagstaff Hill 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flagstaff Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,423 and those without children was $2,214.

Employment status of couple families

In Flagstaff Hill, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flagstaff Hill, 95.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flagstaff Hill, 96.7% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

In Flagstaff Hill, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 3.4% had 2 bedrooms and 47.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flagstaff Hill, 37.0% were owned outright, 50.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Flagstaff Hill, of all households, 84.6% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Flagstaff Hill, 13.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.3% 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 Flagstaff Hill, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flagstaff Hill, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 63.2%) were male and 7 (or 36.8%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Flagstaff Hill, 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 $1,633.

In Flagstaff Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,799.