East Fremantle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 6,930 people in East Fremantle of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in East Fremantle was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in East Fremantle aged 15 years and over, 48.6% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in East Fremantle was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In East Fremantle, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in East Fremantle was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In East Fremantle 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 24.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in East Fremantle were English 28.8%, Australian 25.6%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.0% and Italian 6.7%.

In East Fremantle, 69.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, New Zealand 2.5%, Italy 1.8%, Scotland 1.3% and South Africa 1.0%.

In East Fremantle, 48.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in East Fremantle were No Religion 29.6%, Catholic 29.5%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 3.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.6%.

In East Fremantle 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 3.1%, German 0.6%, French 0.6%, Spanish 0.5% and Portuguese 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,696 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in East Fremantle. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in East Fremantle, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in East Fremantle was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in East Fremantle included Professionals 37.1%, Managers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Labourers 4.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in East Fremantle, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Hospitals 5.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 4.6%, Tertiary Education 4.5% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in East Fremantle was $857.

In East Fremantle, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Bus 4.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 2.8% and Train 2.3%. On the day, 10.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In East Fremantle, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 East Fremantle, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in East Fremantle, 48.8% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 11.7% were one parent families.

In East Fremantle 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In East Fremantle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,177 and those without children was $2,975.

Employment status of couple families

In East Fremantle, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In East Fremantle, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Fremantle, 71.0% were separate houses, 16.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

In East Fremantle, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in East Fremantle, 37.3% were owned outright, 35.8% were owned with a mortgage and 24.2% were rented.

Household composition

In East Fremantle, of all households, 68.8% were family households, 26.7% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In East Fremantle, 18.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.4% 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 East Fremantle, 34.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In East Fremantle, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 52.8%) were male and 17 (or 47.2%) were female. The median age was 13 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 East Fremantle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In East Fremantle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $450 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,500.