Ross Creek (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 960 people in Ross Creek (Vic.) of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Ross Creek (Vic.) was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Ross Creek (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 59.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ross Creek (Vic.) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 60.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ross Creek (Vic.) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Ross Creek (Vic.) 36.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.4% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ross Creek (Vic.) were Australian 34.8%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.8%, Scottish 7.2% and German 3.3%.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), 85.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, Germany 1.0%, Thailand 0.9%, New Zealand 0.5% and France 0.4%.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ross Creek (Vic.) were No Religion 32.4%, Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 11.9%, Uniting Church 8.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Ross Creek (Vic.) 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 0.7%, German 0.4%, Czech 0.4%, Dutch 0.3% and Persian (excluding Dari) 0.3%.

Employment

There were 506 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ross Creek (Vic.). Of these 57.3% were employed full time, 31.2% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ross Creek (Vic.), 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ross Creek (Vic.) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Ross Creek (Vic.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.6%, Professionals 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Labourers 11.3%, Managers 11.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.8% and Sales Workers 6.4%.

Of the employed people in Ross Creek (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 6.4%, School Education 4.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.3% and Building Installation Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ross Creek (Vic.) was $592.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 72.1%, Truck 3.7%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Bus 0.8% and Bicycle 0.8%. On the day, 2.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ross Creek (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.9% provided care for children and 11.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.4% 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 Ross Creek (Vic.), 29.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ross Creek (Vic.), 61.9% were couple families with children, 28.2% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Ross Creek (Vic.) 30.8% of single parents were male and 69.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ross Creek (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,013 and those without children was $1,928.

Employment status of couple families

In Ross Creek (Vic.), of couple families with children, 14.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 35.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ross Creek (Vic.), 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ross Creek (Vic.), 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ross Creek (Vic.), 33.3% were owned outright, 59.6% were owned with a mortgage and 3.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Ross Creek (Vic.), of all households, 89.2% were family households, 10.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Ross Creek (Vic.), 16.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Ross Creek (Vic.), 13.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ross Creek (Vic.), there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Ross Creek (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Ross 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 $1,517.