Hopkins Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 208 people in Hopkins Creek of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Hopkins Creek was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.4% of the population.

Of people in Hopkins Creek aged 15 years and over, 53.0% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Hopkins Creek was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 41 years.

In Hopkins Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Hopkins Creek was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Hopkins Creek 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 25.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Hopkins Creek were English 36.0%, Australian 30.5%, Irish 9.1%, Scottish 8.0% and German 4.4%.

In Hopkins Creek, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, New Zealand 3.9%, Germany 1.4%, Papua New Guinea 1.4% and Scotland 1.4%.

In Hopkins Creek, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Hopkins Creek were No Religion 27.1%, Anglican 17.4%, Catholic 16.4%, Christian, nfd 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 8.2%.

In Hopkins Creek 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.9% and German 1.4%.

Employment

There were 76 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Hopkins Creek. Of these 47.4% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Hopkins Creek, 11.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Hopkins Creek was 55 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Hopkins Creek included Managers 25.7%, Professionals 17.1%, Labourers 11.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Hopkins Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 13.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Residential Building Construction 7.5%, Residential Care Services 7.5% and Furniture, Floor Coverings, Houseware and Textile Goods Retailing 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Hopkins Creek was $383.

In Hopkins Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.6% and Truck 7.6%. 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 60.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Hopkins Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.7% 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 Hopkins Creek, 27.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Hopkins Creek, 37.9% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Hopkins Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Hopkins Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $700 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Hopkins Creek, of couple families with children, 9.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 7.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Hopkins Creek, 83.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hopkins Creek, 96.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Hopkins Creek, of occupied private dwellings 6.5% had 1 bedroom, 22.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Hopkins Creek, 46.8% were owned outright, 25.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Hopkins Creek, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Hopkins Creek, 43.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Hopkins Creek, 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Hopkins Creek, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Hopkins Creek, 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 $1,483.

In Hopkins Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.