Etna Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 551 people in Etna Creek of these 90.7% were male and 9.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 26.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Etna Creek was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 5.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.6% of the population.

Of people in Etna Creek aged 15 years and over, 32.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Etna Creek was 40 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Etna Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Etna Creek was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Etna Creek 84.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 3.4% were in primary school, 1.1% in secondary school and 0.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Etna Creek were Australian 9.5%, English 8.8%, Scottish 2.0%, Irish 2.0% and German 1.7%.

In Etna Creek, 92.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.4%, England 0.9%, Colombia 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and South Africa 0.7%.

In Etna Creek, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Etna Creek were Catholic 5.6%, No Religion 4.9%, Anglican 3.3%, Uniting Church 2.2% and Baptist 1.6%.

In Etna Creek 20.1% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 69 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Etna Creek. Of these 58.0% were employed full time, 37.7% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Etna Creek, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Etna Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Etna Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.9%, Managers 20.9%, Labourers 14.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.4%, Professionals 7.5%, Sales Workers 4.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.5%.

Of the employed people in Etna Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Installation Services 7.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.1%, Other Transport Support Services 6.1%, Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 6.1% and Hospitals 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Etna Creek was $959.

In Etna Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Truck 6.1%, Walked only 6.1%, Car, as passenger 4.5% and Motorbike/scooter 4.5%. 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 72.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Etna Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 13.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 7.5% provided care for children and 0.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.2% 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 Etna Creek, 4.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 3.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Etna Creek, 58.8% were couple families with children, 29.4% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Etna Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,562 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Etna Creek, of couple families with children, 20.0% had both partners employed full-time, 13.3% had both employed part-time and 20.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Etna Creek, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Etna 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 Etna Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Etna Creek, 43.9% were owned outright, 46.3% were owned with a mortgage and 9.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Etna Creek, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Etna Creek, 15.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.1% 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 Etna Creek, 27.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Etna Creek, there were 145 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 141 (or 97.2%) were male and 4 (or 2.8%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Etna Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Etna 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 $3,600.