Cona Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 226 people in Cona Creek of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Cona Creek was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.0% of the population.

Of people in Cona Creek aged 15 years and over, 68.3% were married and 3.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Cona Creek was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Cona Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Cona Creek was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Cona Creek 25.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.9% were in primary school, 5.1% in secondary school and 6.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Cona Creek were Australian 34.0%, English 28.9%, Irish 11.1%, Scottish 7.9% and German 5.1%.

In Cona Creek, 86.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3% and Germany 1.3%.

In Cona Creek, 88.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Cona Creek were Anglican 37.3%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 9.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.9% and Uniting Church 3.6%.

In Cona Creek 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Cona Creek. Of these 81.4% were employed full time, 15.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Cona Creek, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 78.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Cona Creek was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Cona Creek included Managers 49.3%, Labourers 23.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%, Professionals 2.9% and Sales Workers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Cona Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 72.3%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 2.1%, Coal Mining 2.1%, Metal Ore Mining 2.1% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Cona Creek was $720.

In Cona Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 28.1%, Walked only 10.8%, Other 6.5%, Car, as passenger 2.9% and Truck 2.9%. 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 27.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Cona Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.7% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.0% 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 Cona Creek, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Cona Creek, 45.3% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 4.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Cona Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,571 and those without children was $1,541.

Employment status of couple families

In Cona Creek, of couple families with children, 45.9% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Cona Creek, 88.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cona 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 Cona Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.7% had 2 bedrooms and 50.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Cona Creek, 37.5% were owned outright, 8.8% were owned with a mortgage and 41.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Cona Creek, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 16.7% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Cona Creek, 7.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Cona Creek, 17.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 46.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Cona Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) 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 Cona 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 Cona 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.