Freshwater Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 455 people in Freshwater Creek of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Freshwater Creek was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.1% of the population.

Of people in Freshwater Creek aged 15 years and over, 65.2% were married and 7.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Freshwater Creek was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Freshwater Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Freshwater Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Freshwater Creek 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.6% were in primary school, 24.1% in secondary school and 19.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Freshwater Creek were English 32.1%, Australian 31.4%, Scottish 10.8%, Irish 9.7% and German 3.2%.

In Freshwater Creek, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.3%, India 1.1% and Indonesia 0.9%.

In Freshwater Creek, 75.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Freshwater Creek were No Religion 28.6%, Catholic 20.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Uniting Church 11.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Freshwater Creek 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.1% and Cantonese 0.9%.

Employment

There were 225 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Freshwater Creek. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 35.6% were employed part-time and 5.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Freshwater Creek, 15.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Freshwater Creek was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Freshwater Creek included Professionals 25.0%, Managers 21.8%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Labourers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Freshwater Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 9.5%, School Education 5.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.1%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Freshwater Creek was $571.

In Freshwater 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 5.0%, Tram 1.4%, Truck 1.4% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Freshwater Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 19.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Freshwater Creek, 29.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Freshwater Creek, 43.7% were couple families with children, 43.7% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Freshwater Creek 26.7% of single parents were male and 73.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Freshwater Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,650 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Freshwater Creek, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 9.5% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Freshwater Creek, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freshwater 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 Freshwater Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 41.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Freshwater Creek, 48.3% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 15.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Freshwater Creek, of all households, 87.5% were family households, 9.9% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Freshwater Creek, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.8% 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 Freshwater Creek, 13.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Freshwater 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 Freshwater 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 Freshwater 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.