Barkers Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 411 people in Barkers Creek of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Barkers Creek was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.8% of the population.

Of people in Barkers Creek aged 15 years and over, 59.2% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Barkers Creek was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Barkers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Barkers Creek was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Barkers Creek 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.3% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Barkers Creek were English 30.7%, Australian 27.7%, Scottish 11.0%, Irish 9.8% and Italian 3.4%.

In Barkers Creek, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.7%, Germany 1.2%, Japan 1.2% and Malta 1.2%.

In Barkers Creek, 70.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Barkers Creek were No Religion 36.4%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 11.7%, Anglican 10.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.1%.

In Barkers Creek 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Japanese 3.7%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Barkers Creek. Of these 47.5% were employed full time, 43.1% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Barkers Creek, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Barkers Creek included Professionals 24.9%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 5.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Barkers Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 10.9%, Medical Services 7.8%, School Education 5.7%, Tertiary Education 4.1% and Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Barkers Creek was $477.

In Barkers Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 6.3% and Train 1.6%. 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 76.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Barkers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.3% 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 Barkers Creek, 34.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Barkers Creek, 44.7% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 7.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Barkers Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,860 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Barkers Creek, of couple families with children, 14.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.5% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Barkers Creek, 84.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barkers 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 Barkers Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 20.4% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Barkers Creek, 49.4% were owned outright, 37.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Barkers Creek, of all households, 71.2% were family households, 26.3% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Barkers Creek, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Barkers Creek, 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Barkers Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Barkers 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 $1,375.

In Barkers 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.