Flagstone Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 213 people in Flagstone Creek of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Flagstone Creek was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Flagstone Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Flagstone Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Flagstone Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Flagstone Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Flagstone Creek 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.3% were in primary school, 48.1% in secondary school and 9.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Flagstone Creek were Australian 32.3%, English 24.3%, Irish 12.3%, German 11.7% and Scottish 8.0%.

In Flagstone Creek, 88.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 1.9% and South Africa 1.9%.

In Flagstone Creek, 83.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Flagstone Creek were Catholic 41.8%, Anglican 12.7%, No Religion 7.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.1% and Lutheran 5.6%.

In Flagstone Creek 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 122 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Flagstone Creek. Of these 61.5% were employed full time, 29.5% were employed part-time and 4.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Flagstone Creek, 6.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Flagstone Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Flagstone Creek included Managers 19.5%, Labourers 17.8%, Professionals 14.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Flagstone Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.6%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.9%, School Education 4.9%, Nursery and Floriculture Production 2.5% and Other Crop Growing 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Flagstone Creek was $553.

In Flagstone Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 59.8%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Walked only 5.1% and Truck 3.4%. 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 67.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Flagstone Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.6% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.7% 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 Flagstone Creek, 26.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Flagstone Creek, 45.9% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Flagstone Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $2,062.

Employment status of couple families

In Flagstone Creek, of couple families with children, 34.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Flagstone 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 Flagstone Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 53.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Flagstone Creek, 54.5% were owned outright, 22.1% were owned with a mortgage and 23.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Flagstone Creek, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 16.2% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Flagstone Creek, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Flagstone Creek, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Flagstone Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Flagstone 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 Flagstone 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.