Shady Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 154 people in Shady Creek of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Shady Creek was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.4% of the population.

Of people in Shady Creek aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Shady Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Shady Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Shady Creek was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Shady Creek 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 35.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Shady Creek were Australian 31.9%, English 30.9%, Irish 7.9%, Dutch 6.8% and Scottish 6.3%.

In Shady Creek, 80.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 7.3%, Netherlands 4.0%, Scotland 2.6% and Thailand 2.0%.

In Shady Creek, 67.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Shady Creek were No Religion 26.3%, Anglican 21.7%, Uniting Church 14.5%, Catholic 13.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6%.

In Shady Creek 92.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Shady Creek. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Shady Creek, 15.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Shady Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Shady Creek included Managers 29.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Labourers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.1%, Professionals 7.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9% and Sales Workers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Shady Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 18.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Oil and Gas Extraction 3.2%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.2% and Electricity Generation 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Shady Creek was $518.

In Shady Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.6%, Walked only 5.5%, Bus 3.3%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Truck 3.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Shady Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 12.2% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Shady Creek, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Shady Creek, 26.1% were couple families with children, 60.9% were couple families without children and 13.0% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Shady Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Shady Creek, of couple families with children, 34.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Shady Creek, 83.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shady Creek, 71.2% were separate houses, 28.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Shady Creek, of occupied private dwellings 5.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.7% had 2 bedrooms and 51.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Shady Creek, 45.9% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Shady Creek, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Shady Creek, 23.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.7% 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 Shady Creek, 14.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 44.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Shady 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 Shady 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 Shady 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.