Furnissdale

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,027 people in Furnissdale of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Furnissdale was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.8% of the population.

Of people in Furnissdale aged 15 years and over, 48.7% were married and 17.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Furnissdale was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Furnissdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Furnissdale was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Furnissdale 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Furnissdale were English 38.3%, Australian 29.7%, Scottish 6.8%, Irish 5.5% and German 3.1%.

In Furnissdale, 70.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.1%, New Zealand 2.5%, Germany 0.8%, Thailand 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Furnissdale, 53.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Furnissdale were Anglican 32.8%, No Religion 21.6%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Furnissdale 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.8%, Italian 0.5%, Thai 0.5%, Korean 0.4% and French 0.3%.

Employment

There were 410 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Furnissdale. Of these 53.2% were employed full time, 31.5% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Furnissdale, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Furnissdale was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Furnissdale included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.9%, Labourers 15.4%, Managers 11.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8%, Professionals 7.3% and Sales Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Furnissdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 6.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.2%, Residential Building Construction 4.7% and Road Freight Transport 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Furnissdale was $403.

In Furnissdale, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.2%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Truck 2.9%, Train 2.4% and Other 2.4%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Furnissdale, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 19.1% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.4% 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 Furnissdale, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Furnissdale, 27.3% were couple families with children, 58.3% were couple families without children and 13.3% were one parent families.

In Furnissdale 31.4% of single parents were male and 68.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Furnissdale, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,281 and those without children was $1,527.

Employment status of couple families

In Furnissdale, of couple families with children, 13.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Furnissdale, 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Furnissdale, 81.5% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 16.9% were other dwellings.

In Furnissdale, of occupied private dwellings 19.3% had 1 bedroom, 30.8% had 2 bedrooms and 20.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Furnissdale, 52.0% were owned outright, 20.3% were owned with a mortgage and 23.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Furnissdale, of all households, 58.8% were family households, 39.6% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Furnissdale, 46.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.5% 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 Furnissdale, 42.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Furnissdale, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 7 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Furnissdale, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Furnissdale, 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.