Breakfast Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 273 people in Breakfast Creek of these 55.7% were male and 44.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Breakfast Creek was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.1% of the population.

Of people in Breakfast Creek aged 15 years and over, 63.0% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Breakfast Creek was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Breakfast Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Breakfast Creek was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Breakfast Creek 21.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.7% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 0.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Breakfast Creek were English 34.2%, Australian 33.3%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 7.1% and German 2.2%.

In Breakfast Creek, 83.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.5%, Austria 1.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1% and Greece 1.1%.

In Breakfast Creek, 78.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Breakfast Creek were Anglican 33.2%, No Religion 26.3%, Catholic 17.2%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Breakfast Creek 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Samoan 1.8% and Greek 1.5%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Breakfast Creek. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Breakfast Creek, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Breakfast Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Breakfast Creek included Managers 37.8%, Labourers 15.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Professionals 9.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.4%, Sales Workers 6.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Breakfast Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.5%, School Education 11.0%, Coal Mining 6.3%, Local Government Administration 5.5% and Other Livestock Farming 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Breakfast Creek was $394.

In Breakfast Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 5.6%, Other 4.8%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Truck 2.4%. 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 53.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Breakfast Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.2% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.2% 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 Breakfast Creek, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 20.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Breakfast Creek, 31.3% were couple families with children, 61.4% were couple families without children and 7.2% were one parent families.

In Breakfast Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Breakfast Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Breakfast Creek, of couple families with children, 11.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Breakfast Creek, 59.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 40.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Breakfast Creek, 95.0% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Breakfast Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.4% had 1 bedroom, 21.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Breakfast Creek, 59.3% were owned outright, 16.1% were owned with a mortgage and 22.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Breakfast Creek, of all households, 67.8% were family households, 32.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Breakfast Creek, 43.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Breakfast Creek, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Breakfast Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 29 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 Breakfast Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Breakfast 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.