Dixons Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 336 people in Dixons Creek of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dixons Creek was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Dixons Creek aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dixons Creek was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Dixons Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.2% 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 Dixons Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Dixons Creek 25.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dixons Creek were English 32.0%, Australian 28.4%, Scottish 11.5%, Irish 7.2% and German 4.3%.

In Dixons Creek, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Cambodia 2.1%, New Zealand 1.5%, Belgium 0.9% and Canada 0.9%.

In Dixons Creek, 66.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dixons Creek were No Religion 40.4%, Catholic 20.8%, Anglican 13.4%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Buddhism 3.0%.

In Dixons Creek 92.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Khmer 2.4%, Dutch 0.9%, Italian 0.9%, Vietnamese 0.9% and Indonesian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 192 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dixons Creek. Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 32.3% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dixons Creek, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dixons Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Dixons Creek included Managers 24.0%, Professionals 21.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Labourers 12.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 8.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Dixons Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.9%, School Education 5.6%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.1%, Beverage Manufacturing 5.1% and Residential Building Construction 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dixons Creek was $586.

In Dixons Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 3.4%, Train, car as driver 2.2% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dixons 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, 31.4% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.7% 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 Dixons Creek, 22.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dixons Creek, 52.1% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 9.4% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Dixons Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Dixons Creek, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.9% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dixons Creek, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dixons 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 Dixons Creek, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dixons Creek, 49.2% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Dixons Creek, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 15.5% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Dixons Creek, 19.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.2% 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 Dixons Creek, 12.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dixons Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Dixons 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 Dixons 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.