Sugarloaf Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 315 people in Sugarloaf Creek of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Sugarloaf Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Sugarloaf Creek aged 15 years and over, 56.9% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sugarloaf Creek was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sugarloaf Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sugarloaf Creek was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Sugarloaf Creek 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.2% were in primary school, 30.6% in secondary school and 16.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sugarloaf Creek were English 37.2%, Australian 33.0%, Scottish 11.2%, Irish 7.4% and Italian 2.1%.

In Sugarloaf Creek, 87.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, Malta 1.3%, Germany 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and New Zealand 0.9%.

In Sugarloaf Creek, 74.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sugarloaf Creek were No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 18.1%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.8% and Uniting Church 6.7%.

In Sugarloaf Creek 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Maltese 0.9% and Auslan 0.9%.

Employment

There were 162 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sugarloaf Creek. Of these 61.1% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 2.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sugarloaf Creek, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sugarloaf Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Sugarloaf Creek included Managers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Professionals 13.3%, Labourers 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Sugarloaf Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.3%, School Education 6.3%, Other Construction Services 5.0%, Other Wood Product Manufacturing 4.4% and Building Completion Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sugarloaf Creek was $425.

In Sugarloaf Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Truck 3.1%, Train 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. On the day, 5.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sugarloaf Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.5% provided care for children and 4.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Sugarloaf Creek, 21.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sugarloaf Creek, 41.6% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Sugarloaf Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Sugarloaf Creek, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sugarloaf Creek, 81.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 18.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sugarloaf Creek, 97.5% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sugarloaf Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 14.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sugarloaf Creek, 51.7% were owned outright, 36.7% were owned with a mortgage and 9.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Sugarloaf Creek, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Sugarloaf Creek, 26.2% 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 Sugarloaf Creek, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sugarloaf Creek, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 46 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 Sugarloaf Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Sugarloaf 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.