Campbells Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,410 people in Campbells Creek of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Campbells Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.8% of the population.

Of people in Campbells Creek aged 15 years and over, 47.6% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Campbells Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Campbells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Campbells Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Campbells Creek 30.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Campbells Creek were Australian 32.5%, English 31.0%, Irish 9.2%, Scottish 7.7% and German 3.1%.

In Campbells Creek, 86.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.1%, United States of America 0.7%, South Africa 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

In Campbells Creek, 75.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Campbells Creek were No Religion 39.9%, Anglican 14.0%, Catholic 12.0%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Campbells Creek 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.5%, Greek 0.3%, Dutch 0.2%, Maltese 0.2% and Arabic 0.2%.

Employment

There were 698 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Campbells Creek. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 34.0% were employed part-time and 2.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Campbells Creek, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Campbells Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Campbells Creek included Professionals 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Managers 12.6%, Labourers 12.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 10.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Campbells Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.3%, Medical Services 6.1%, School Education 5.6%, Hospitals 4.8% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Campbells Creek was $504.

In Campbells Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Walked only 2.4%, Bicycle 2.1% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Campbells Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 15.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Campbells Creek, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Campbells Creek, 47.4% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Campbells Creek 7.5% of single parents were male and 92.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Campbells Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,673 and those without children was $1,725.

Employment status of couple families

In Campbells Creek, of couple families with children, 21.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Campbells Creek, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Campbells Creek, 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Campbells Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 15.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Campbells Creek, 36.6% were owned outright, 44.7% were owned with a mortgage and 15.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Campbells Creek, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Campbells Creek, 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Campbells Creek, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Campbells Creek, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 76.9%) were male and 3 (or 23.1%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Campbells Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $691.

In Campbells Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $700.