Emu Creek (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 316 people in Emu Creek (Vic.) of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Emu Creek (Vic.) was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Emu Creek (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 66.9% were married and 2.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emu Creek (Vic.) was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Emu Creek (Vic.) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Emu Creek (Vic.) 33.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.3% were in primary school, 33.3% in secondary school and 22.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emu Creek (Vic.) were Australian 34.2%, English 33.9%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 7.6% and Dutch 4.8%.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), 91.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 4.1% and Netherlands 2.8%.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emu Creek (Vic.) were No Religion 25.5%, Catholic 23.3%, Uniting Church 17.6%, Anglican 13.2% and Christian, nfd 6.9%.

In Emu Creek (Vic.) 96.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Dutch 1.9%.

Employment

There were 175 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emu Creek (Vic.). Of these 54.9% were employed full time, 34.9% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emu Creek (Vic.), 18.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Emu Creek (Vic.) was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Emu Creek (Vic.) included Professionals 28.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.7%, Managers 7.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Emu Creek (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Building Installation Services 6.7%, Depository Financial Intermediation 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.8% and Road Freight Transport 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emu Creek (Vic.) was $571.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.5%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bicycle 2.4%, Other 2.4% and Car as driver, bicycle 2.4%. 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 80.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emu Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 83.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 14.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 32.9% 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 Emu Creek (Vic.), 28.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emu Creek (Vic.), 54.3% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 6.5% were one parent families.

In Emu Creek (Vic.) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emu Creek (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,555 and those without children was $1,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Emu Creek (Vic.), of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 9.4% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emu Creek (Vic.), 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Creek (Vic.), 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 Emu Creek (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 46.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Creek (Vic.), 39.6% were owned outright, 51.9% were owned with a mortgage and 5.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Emu Creek (Vic.), of all households, 88.5% were family households, 11.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Emu Creek (Vic.), 12.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emu Creek (Vic.), 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 56 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 Emu Creek (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Emu Creek (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $910.