Rowlands Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 247 people in Rowlands Creek of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Rowlands Creek was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Rowlands Creek aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 15.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rowlands Creek was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Rowlands Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% 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 Rowlands Creek was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 56 years.

In Rowlands Creek 34.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.0% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 24.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rowlands Creek were Australian 27.9%, English 26.8%, Scottish 12.1%, Irish 12.1% and German 4.4%.

In Rowlands Creek, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.5%, Germany 1.6%, United States of America 1.6%, Wales 1.6% and Austria 1.2%.

In Rowlands Creek, 69.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rowlands Creek were No Religion 29.4%, Anglican 19.0%, Catholic 13.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7% and Hinduism 6.5%.

In Rowlands Creek 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 90 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rowlands Creek. Of these 40.0% were employed full time, 41.1% were employed part-time and 14.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rowlands Creek, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rowlands Creek was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Rowlands Creek included Managers 28.0%, Professionals 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.0%, Labourers 16.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7%, Sales Workers 5.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Rowlands Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, School Education 7.8%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 3.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.9% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rowlands Creek was $354.

In Rowlands Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 49.4%, Walked only 9.1%, Motorbike/scooter 3.9% and Car as driver, other 3.9%. 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 49.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rowlands Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 16.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.0% 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 Rowlands Creek, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rowlands Creek, 32.8% were couple families with children, 42.6% were couple families without children and 24.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Rowlands Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,333 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Rowlands Creek, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 10.2% had both employed part-time and 8.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rowlands Creek, 84.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rowlands Creek, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Rowlands Creek, of occupied private dwellings 12.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rowlands Creek, 45.4% were owned outright, 22.7% were owned with a mortgage and 27.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Rowlands Creek, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 32.3% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Rowlands Creek, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Rowlands Creek, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rowlands Creek, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 37.5%) were male and 5 (or 62.5%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Rowlands Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Rowlands Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.