Spicers Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 800 people in Spicers Creek of these 75.0% were male and 25.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 38.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Spicers Creek was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.0% of the population.

Of people in Spicers Creek aged 15 years and over, 41.6% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spicers Creek was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Spicers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spicers Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Spicers Creek 71.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 6.5% were in primary school, 2.8% in secondary school and 2.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spicers Creek were Australian 18.2%, English 16.0%, Irish 5.8%, Scottish 3.9% and German 1.0%.

In Spicers Creek, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Fiji 1.2%, New Zealand 1.1%, Vietnam 0.6% and Iran 0.5%.

In Spicers Creek, 85.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spicers Creek were Anglican 15.0%, Catholic 11.2%, No Religion 5.6%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Spicers Creek 41.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 0.5%.

Employment

There were 181 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spicers Creek. Of these 66.9% were employed full time, 22.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spicers Creek, 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 62.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spicers Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Spicers Creek included Managers 44.3%, Professionals 16.5%, Labourers 10.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Spicers Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 43.1%, School Education 5.7%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spicers Creek was $568.

In Spicers Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 43.4%, Walked only 4.6%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Other 2.9% and Motorbike/scooter 2.3%. 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 45.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spicers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 27.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.2% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Spicers Creek, 8.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spicers Creek, 45.1% were couple families with children, 43.1% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

In Spicers Creek 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spicers Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,549 and those without children was $840.

Employment status of couple families

In Spicers Creek, of couple families with children, 25.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spicers Creek, 74.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spicers 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 Spicers Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 4.1% had 2 bedrooms and 30.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spicers Creek, 52.5% were owned outright, 20.0% were owned with a mortgage and 21.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Spicers Creek, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 13.8% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Spicers Creek, 21.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.9% 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 Spicers Creek, 15.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spicers Creek, there were 304 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 261 (or 85.9%) were male and 43 (or 14.1%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Spicers Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Spicers 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.