Flaxman Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 229 people in Flaxman Valley of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Flaxman Valley was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.0% of the population.

Of people in Flaxman Valley aged 15 years and over, 67.6% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flaxman Valley was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Flaxman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flaxman Valley was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Flaxman Valley 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flaxman Valley were Australian 33.3%, English 25.6%, German 16.8%, Scottish 7.4% and Irish 5.8%.

In Flaxman Valley, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Netherlands 1.7%, Croatia 1.3%, Germany 1.3% and India 1.3%.

In Flaxman Valley, 75.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flaxman Valley were Lutheran 29.4%, No Religion 23.8%, Uniting Church 11.3%, Catholic 10.4% and Anglican 10.0%.

In Flaxman Valley 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.7%, German 1.3% and Croatian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flaxman Valley. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 37.5% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flaxman Valley, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flaxman Valley was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Flaxman Valley included Managers 27.5%, Labourers 17.5%, Professionals 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%, Sales Workers 5.8% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Flaxman Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 8.9%, Beverage Manufacturing 8.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, School Education 5.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flaxman Valley was $641.

In Flaxman Valley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.2%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Motorbike/scooter 3.4% and Walked only 3.4%. 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 64.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flaxman Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.9% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.5% 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 Flaxman Valley, 31.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flaxman Valley, 48.5% were couple families with children, 42.4% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Flaxman Valley 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Flaxman Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Flaxman Valley, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 12.9% had both employed part-time and 32.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Flaxman Valley, 86.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flaxman Valley, 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 Flaxman Valley, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 21.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flaxman Valley, 51.2% were owned outright, 36.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Flaxman Valley, of all households, 75.6% were family households, 20.7% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Flaxman Valley, 12.9% 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 Flaxman Valley, 25.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flaxman Valley, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 71 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 Flaxman Valley, 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 Flaxman Valley, 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.