Upper Crystal Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 187 people in Upper Crystal Creek of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Upper Crystal Creek was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Upper Crystal Creek aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Upper Crystal Creek was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Upper Crystal Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Upper Crystal Creek was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Upper Crystal Creek 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 38.1% in secondary school and 23.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Upper Crystal Creek were Australian 36.8%, English 26.7%, Scottish 11.6%, Irish 5.0% and Italian 4.7%.

In Upper Crystal Creek, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Germany 3.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, Zimbabwe 2.1% and Italy 1.6%.

In Upper Crystal Creek, 66.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Upper Crystal Creek were No Religion 35.8%, Catholic 26.2%, Anglican 17.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.9% and Uniting Church 3.2%.

In Upper Crystal Creek 88.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Finnish 2.1%, German 1.6%, French 1.6%, Spanish 1.6% and Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 90 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Upper Crystal Creek. Of these 38.9% were employed full time, 44.4% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Upper Crystal Creek, 22.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Upper Crystal Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Upper Crystal Creek included Labourers 15.9%, Professionals 14.6%, Managers 13.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Upper Crystal Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 6.0%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.8%, Recreational Goods Retailing 4.8% and Accommodation 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Upper Crystal Creek was $356.

In Upper Crystal Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 51.8%, Truck 4.8%, Motorbike/scooter 4.8% and Car, as passenger 3.6%. 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 56.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Upper Crystal 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, 28.0% provided care for children and 9.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.0% 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 Upper Crystal Creek, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Upper Crystal Creek, 39.2% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Upper Crystal Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Upper Crystal Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Upper Crystal Creek, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 11.9% had both employed part-time and 9.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Upper Crystal Creek, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Crystal Creek, 92.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.0% were other dwellings.

In Upper Crystal Creek, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 13.9% had 2 bedrooms and 37.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Upper Crystal Creek, 54.8% were owned outright, 23.3% were owned with a mortgage and 21.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Upper Crystal Creek, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Upper Crystal Creek, 42.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Upper Crystal Creek, 31.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Upper Crystal Creek, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Upper Crystal Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Upper Crystal 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.