Diamond Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 11,504 people in Diamond Creek of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Diamond Creek was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Diamond Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 8.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Diamond Creek was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Diamond Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Diamond Creek was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Diamond Creek 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 20.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Diamond Creek were Australian 29.8%, English 28.3%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.2% and Italian 6.5%.

In Diamond Creek, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, Italy 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.5%.

In Diamond Creek, 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Diamond Creek were Catholic 31.1%, No Religion 27.7%, Anglican 16.4%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Eastern Orthodox 3.0%.

In Diamond Creek 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.9%, Greek 0.7%, Macedonian 0.6%, German 0.3% and Croatian 0.2%.

Employment

There were 6,658 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Diamond Creek. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Diamond Creek, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Diamond Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Diamond Creek included Professionals 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Managers 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.8%, Labourers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Diamond Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 4.5%, Building Installation Services 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Diamond Creek was $692.

In Diamond Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Train 4.4%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Train, car as driver 1.5% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 7.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Diamond Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Diamond Creek, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Diamond Creek, 58.9% were couple families with children, 26.9% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Diamond Creek 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Diamond Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,505 and those without children was $2,224.

Employment status of couple families

In Diamond Creek, of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 33.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Diamond Creek, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diamond Creek, 94.8% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Diamond Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 45.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diamond Creek, 32.0% were owned outright, 55.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Diamond Creek, of all households, 85.7% were family households, 12.7% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Diamond Creek, 12.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 18.2% 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 Diamond Creek, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Diamond Creek, there were 42 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 35.7%) were male and 27 (or 64.3%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Diamond Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,062.

In Diamond Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $351 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.