Sisters Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 201 people in Sisters Creek of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Sisters Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.9% of the population.

Of people in Sisters Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sisters Creek was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sisters Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sisters Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Sisters Creek 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.3% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 17.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sisters Creek were English 39.6%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 6.4% and German 6.4%.

In Sisters Creek, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Wales 3.5%, England 2.0%, South Africa 2.0%, Libya 1.5% and Netherlands 1.5%.

In Sisters Creek, 77.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sisters Creek were No Religion 33.8%, Anglican 23.4%, Catholic 11.4%, Uniting Church 9.5% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Sisters Creek 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.5%.

Employment

There were 103 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sisters Creek. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sisters Creek, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sisters Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Sisters Creek included Managers 23.9%, Labourers 16.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Sisters Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 13.0%, Basic Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 9.8%, Building Installation Services 5.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.3% and Poultry Farming 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sisters Creek was $463.

In Sisters Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 55.4%, Walked only 12.0%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Other 3.3%. 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 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sisters Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.2% provided care for children and 8.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.8% 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 Sisters Creek, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sisters Creek, 43.3% were couple families with children, 41.7% were couple families without children and 15.0% were one parent families.

In Sisters Creek 62.5% of single parents were male and 37.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sisters Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,892 and those without children was $1,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Sisters Creek, of couple families with children, 12.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.8% had both employed part-time and 19.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sisters Creek, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sisters Creek, 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 Sisters Creek, of occupied private dwellings 5.3% had 1 bedroom, 9.3% had 2 bedrooms and 68.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sisters Creek, 48.0% were owned outright, 28.0% were owned with a mortgage and 24.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Sisters Creek, of all households, 80.3% were family households, 14.5% were single person households and 5.3% were group households.

In Sisters Creek, 24.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Sisters Creek, 26.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

In Sisters Creek, 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.