Frazers Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 391 people in Frazers Creek of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Frazers Creek was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.1% of the population.

Of people in Frazers Creek aged 15 years and over, 59.0% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Frazers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% 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 Frazers Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 58 years.

In Frazers Creek 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.8% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 11.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Frazers Creek were Australian 36.1%, English 33.7%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.0% and German 3.3%.

In Frazers Creek, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.3%, Canada 0.8%, Estonia 0.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.8% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Frazers Creek, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Frazers Creek were Anglican 33.8%, No Religion 22.0%, Catholic 18.2%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Frazers Creek 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 0.8% and Japanese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Frazers Creek. Of these 51.6% were employed full time, 34.4% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Frazers Creek, 8.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Frazers Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Frazers Creek included Managers 18.4%, Professionals 15.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.1%, Labourers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Frazers Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Hospitals 5.9%, School Education 5.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Frazers Creek was $494.

In Frazers Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 3.7%, Truck 3.2% and Motorbike/scooter 1.6%. 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 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Frazers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 21.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Frazers Creek, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Frazers Creek, 31.0% were couple families with children, 54.0% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Frazers Creek 14.3% of single parents were male and 85.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Frazers Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $1,562.

Employment status of couple families

In Frazers Creek, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 18.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Frazers Creek, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frazers 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 Frazers Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Frazers Creek, 49.3% were owned outright, 35.6% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Frazers Creek, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 18.5% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Frazers Creek, 26.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.3% 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 Frazers Creek, 22.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Frazers 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 18 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 Frazers Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.9 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Frazers Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.