Apple Tree Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 916 people in Apple Tree Creek of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Apple Tree Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Apple Tree Creek aged 15 years and over, 51.1% were married and 19.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Apple Tree Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Apple Tree Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Apple Tree Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Apple Tree Creek 26.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Apple Tree Creek were English 33.3%, Australian 31.6%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 7.5% and German 5.2%.

In Apple Tree Creek, 81.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Apple Tree Creek, 72.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Apple Tree Creek were Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 22.0%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.9%.

In Apple Tree Creek 94.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Thai 0.3%, Tagalog 0.3% and Filipino 0.3%.

Employment

There were 372 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Apple Tree Creek. Of these 63.7% were employed full time, 22.6% were employed part-time and 11.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Apple Tree Creek, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Apple Tree Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Apple Tree Creek included Labourers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Managers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.8%, Professionals 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Apple Tree Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sugar and Confectionery Manufacturing 7.2%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 5.7%, School Education 4.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.0% and Coal Mining 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Apple Tree Creek was $377.

In Apple Tree Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 7.8%, Walked only 4.5%, Truck 3.0% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Apple Tree Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Apple Tree Creek, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Apple Tree Creek, 36.5% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 14.8% were one parent families.

In Apple Tree Creek 15.4% of single parents were male and 84.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Apple Tree Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,971 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Apple Tree Creek, of couple families with children, 15.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.4% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Apple Tree Creek, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Apple Tree Creek, 94.7% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.1% were other dwellings.

In Apple Tree Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 19.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Apple Tree Creek, 42.0% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Apple Tree Creek, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 20.3% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Apple Tree Creek, 39.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.5% 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 Apple Tree Creek, 36.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Apple Tree Creek, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 22 (or 66.7%) were male and 11 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Apple Tree Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Apple Tree Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.