Reserve Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 213 people in Reserve Creek of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Reserve Creek was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Reserve Creek aged 15 years and over, 37.7% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Reserve Creek was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Reserve Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Reserve Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Reserve Creek 24.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 32.1% in secondary school and 20.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Reserve Creek were English 31.4%, Australian 28.5%, Irish 13.0%, Scottish 7.2% and Austrian 2.2%.

In Reserve Creek, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 2.8%, New Zealand 2.4%, England 1.4%, Italy 1.4% and Netherlands 1.4%.

In Reserve Creek, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Reserve Creek were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 20.7%, Catholic 17.8%, Jehovah's Witnesses 4.2% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Reserve Creek 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Punjabi 2.8% and Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 118 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Reserve Creek. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 31.4% were employed part-time and 6.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Reserve Creek, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Reserve Creek was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 50 years.

The most common occupations in Reserve Creek included Professionals 18.9%, Sales Workers 17.0%, Managers 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.2%, Labourers 8.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Reserve Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.5%, Building Installation Services 4.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Reserve Creek was $418.

In Reserve Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 3.8% and Truck 2.8%. 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 67.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Reserve Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Reserve Creek, 24.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Reserve Creek, 37.3% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In Reserve Creek 46.7% of single parents were male and 53.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Reserve Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,949 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Reserve Creek, of couple families with children, 6.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 28.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Reserve Creek, 94.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reserve Creek, 92.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Reserve Creek, of occupied private dwellings 15.3% had 1 bedroom, 17.6% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reserve Creek, 39.1% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 25.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Reserve Creek, of all households, 69.9% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 6.0% were group households.

In Reserve Creek, 33.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Reserve Creek, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Reserve Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Reserve 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 Reserve 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.