Arthurs Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 454 people in Arthurs Creek of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Arthurs Creek was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Arthurs Creek aged 15 years and over, 65.5% were married and 6.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Arthurs Creek was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Arthurs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Arthurs Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Arthurs Creek 24.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 20.7% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Arthurs Creek were English 33.5%, Australian 31.8%, Scottish 8.6%, Irish 6.8% and German 2.8%.

In Arthurs Creek, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.7%, Germany 0.7%, Greece 0.7% and Malaysia 0.7%.

In Arthurs Creek, 71.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Arthurs Creek were No Religion 32.3%, Anglican 20.1%, Catholic 15.5%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Christian, nfd 2.9%.

In Arthurs Creek 92.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Mandarin 1.6%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Macedonian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 252 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Arthurs Creek. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Arthurs Creek, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Arthurs Creek was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Arthurs Creek included Managers 25.0%, Professionals 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Sales Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.0% and Labourers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Arthurs Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.2%, Hospitals 2.8%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 2.8% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Arthurs Creek was $641.

In Arthurs Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.4%, Walked only 4.8%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Truck 2.0% and Train 1.2%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Arthurs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.7% provided care for children and 16.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.3% 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 Arthurs Creek, 26.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Arthurs Creek, 46.2% were couple families with children, 51.5% were couple families without children and 2.3% were one parent families.

In Arthurs Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Arthurs Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,187 and those without children was $1,643.

Employment status of couple families

In Arthurs Creek, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.6% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Arthurs Creek, 85.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurs 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 Arthurs Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Arthurs Creek, 55.8% were owned outright, 31.3% were owned with a mortgage and 8.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Arthurs Creek, of all households, 88.4% were family households, 11.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Arthurs Creek, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.5% 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 Arthurs Creek, 8.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 52.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Arthurs Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Arthurs Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Arthurs 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.