Mullion Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 576 people in Mullion Creek of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mullion Creek was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.8% of the population.

Of people in Mullion Creek aged 15 years and over, 60.9% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mullion Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Mullion Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mullion Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mullion Creek 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 27.1% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mullion Creek were Australian 36.3%, English 27.9%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.7%.

In Mullion Creek, 89.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, South Africa 1.2%, Germany 0.7%, New Zealand 0.7% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.5%.

In Mullion Creek, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mullion Creek were Catholic 38.7%, Anglican 23.7%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.3%.

In Mullion Creek 93.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.4% and German 0.7%.

Employment

There were 314 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mullion Creek. Of these 60.8% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mullion Creek, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mullion Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mullion Creek included Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.0%, Professionals 13.7%, Managers 13.1%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Labourers 8.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Mullion Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.9%, Metal Ore Mining 4.9% and State Government Administration 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mullion Creek was $634.

In Mullion Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.4%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 1.6% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. 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 75.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mullion Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Mullion Creek, 33.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mullion Creek, 51.2% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 7.4% were one parent families.

In Mullion Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mullion Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,166 and those without children was $1,666.

Employment status of couple families

In Mullion Creek, of couple families with children, 24.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 27.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mullion Creek, 90.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mullion 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 Mullion Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.9% had 2 bedrooms and 34.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mullion Creek, 38.6% were owned outright, 46.6% were owned with a mortgage and 10.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Mullion Creek, of all households, 85.6% were family households, 14.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Mullion Creek, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Mullion Creek, 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mullion Creek, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Mullion 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 $1,937.

In Mullion Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.