Pheasant Creek (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 251 people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 4.8% of the population.

Of people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 19.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.) 32.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.1% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) were Australian 33.7%, English 20.4%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 7.1% and Italian 3.1%.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 80.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 2.4%, United States of America 2.0%, England 1.6%, Greece 1.6% and India 1.6%.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 65.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) were No Religion 31.0%, Catholic 19.0%, Anglican 11.1%, Christian, nfd 6.0% and Uniting Church 6.0%.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.) 82.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Punjabi 4.4%, Croatian 2.0% and Italian 1.6%.

Employment

There were 121 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pheasant Creek (Vic.). Of these 52.1% were employed full time, 38.0% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 19.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) included Managers 22.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 22.0%, Professionals 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2%, Labourers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Pheasant Creek (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Residential Building Construction 4.3%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4% and Poultry Farming 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pheasant Creek (Vic.) was $477.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.7%, Walked only 4.2%, Truck 3.4%, Train 2.5% and Car, as passenger 2.5%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.4% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 30.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 53.0% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), of couple families with children, 12.0% had both partners employed full-time, 8.0% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 86.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 13.6% were other dwellings.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 48.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 38.3% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), of all households, 72.5% were family households, 27.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 28.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 18.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 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 Pheasant Creek (Vic.), 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 Pheasant 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 $0.