Delaneys Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 713 people in Delaneys Creek of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Delaneys Creek was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Delaneys Creek aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Delaneys Creek was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Delaneys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Delaneys Creek was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Delaneys Creek 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 25.2% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Delaneys Creek were Australian 33.0%, English 32.2%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.9% and German 5.7%.

In Delaneys Creek, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.4%, South Africa 1.5%, Germany 1.3% and Spain 0.6%.

In Delaneys Creek, 70.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Delaneys Creek were No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Delaneys Creek 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.4%, German 1.0%, Dutch 0.6%, Danish 0.6% and Japanese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 349 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Delaneys Creek. Of these 62.8% were employed full time, 25.5% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Delaneys Creek, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Delaneys Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Delaneys Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Professionals 13.4%, Labourers 13.4%, Managers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Delaneys Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%, Public Order and Safety Services 4.7%, Hospitals 4.7% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Delaneys Creek was $607.

In Delaneys Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.3%, Truck 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Train 1.8% and Other 1.2%. On the day, 4.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Delaneys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.1% provided care for children and 11.1% 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 Delaneys Creek, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Delaneys Creek, 54.6% were couple families with children, 35.1% were couple families without children and 10.3% were one parent families.

In Delaneys Creek 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Delaneys Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,366 and those without children was $2,036.

Employment status of couple families

In Delaneys Creek, of couple families with children, 28.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 18.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Delaneys Creek, 93.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delaneys 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 Delaneys Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.3% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delaneys Creek, 26.8% were owned outright, 64.1% were owned with a mortgage and 7.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Delaneys Creek, of all households, 86.0% were family households, 10.4% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Delaneys Creek, 12.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.7% 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 Delaneys Creek, 17.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Delaneys Creek, there were 31 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 48.4%) were male and 16 (or 51.6%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Delaneys Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Delaneys 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 $2,600.