Emu Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 239 people in Emu Creek (Qld) of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Emu Creek (Qld) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Emu Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 64.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Emu Creek (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Emu Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Emu Creek (Qld) was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Emu Creek (Qld) 27.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.0% were in primary school, 14.3% in secondary school and 9.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Emu Creek (Qld) were Australian 35.5%, English 31.6%, German 10.3%, Irish 6.0% and Scottish 4.7%.

In Emu Creek (Qld), 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.3%, New Zealand 3.3%, Germany 1.7%, South Africa 1.2% and Zambia 1.2%.

In Emu Creek (Qld), 79.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Emu Creek (Qld) were Lutheran 18.8%, Catholic 16.3%, Anglican 15.9%, Uniting Church 11.7% and No Religion 9.6%.

In Emu Creek (Qld) 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 128 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Emu Creek (Qld). Of these 68.8% were employed full time, 21.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Emu Creek (Qld), 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Emu Creek (Qld) included Managers 50.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.0%, Labourers 9.2%, Professionals 8.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 2.5% and Sales Workers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Emu Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.2%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 16.7%, School Education 13.3%, Adult, Community and Other Education 5.8% and Dairy Cattle Farming 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Emu Creek (Qld) was $440.

In Emu Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 30.3%, Walked only 16.4%, Car, as passenger 2.5%, Truck 2.5% and Other 2.5%. 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 33.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Emu Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.1% 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 Emu Creek (Qld), 25.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Emu Creek (Qld), 39.4% were couple families with children, 48.5% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Emu Creek (Qld) 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Emu Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $982 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Emu Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 27.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 16.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Emu Creek (Qld), 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Creek (Qld), 92.5% 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 Emu Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 5.1% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Emu Creek (Qld), 58.7% were owned outright, 25.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Emu Creek (Qld), of all households, 81.0% were family households, 13.9% were single person households and 5.1% were group households.

In Emu Creek (Qld), 25.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Emu Creek (Qld), 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Emu Creek (Qld), 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 19 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 Emu Creek (Qld), 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 Emu Creek (Qld), 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.