Strath Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 262 people in Strath Creek of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Strath Creek was 50 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 21.8% of the population.

Of people in Strath Creek aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 20.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Strath Creek was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Strath Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Strath Creek was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Strath Creek 22.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Strath Creek were English 29.4%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 15.0%, Scottish 12.5% and German 2.2%.

In Strath Creek, 83.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Germany 2.3%, India 1.9%, Italy 1.9% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.5%.

In Strath Creek, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Strath Creek were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 11.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.9% and Uniting Church 6.1%.

In Strath Creek 92.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.1%, Greek 1.1% and Korean 1.1%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Strath Creek. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Strath Creek, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Strath Creek was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Strath Creek included Managers 27.0%, Labourers 19.1%, Professionals 12.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.4% and Sales Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Strath Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.3%, Hospitals 6.3%, Building Completion Services 4.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 4.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Strath Creek was $442.

In Strath Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.3%, Walked only 6.3%, Car, as passenger 2.1%, Truck 2.1% and Other 2.1%. 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 53.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Strath Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 35.5% 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 Strath Creek, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Strath Creek, 33.3% were couple families with children, 58.0% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Strath Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Strath Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,937 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Strath Creek, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Strath Creek, 63.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strath 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 Strath Creek, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 20.2% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Strath Creek, 48.6% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Strath Creek, of all households, 63.6% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Strath Creek, 33.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Strath Creek, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Strath 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 Strath 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 Strath 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.