Haly Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 235 people in Haly Creek of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Haly Creek was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Haly Creek aged 15 years and over, 66.3% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Haly Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Haly Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Haly Creek was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Haly Creek 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.6% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Haly Creek were Australian 37.0%, English 25.7%, German 9.9%, Scottish 6.6% and Irish 6.6%.

In Haly Creek, 89.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other response for country of birth was England 1.3%.

In Haly Creek, 91.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Haly Creek were Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 15.7%, Lutheran 12.3%, Anglican 10.6% and Uniting Church 8.1%.

In Haly Creek 92.3% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 117 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Haly Creek. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 24.8% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Haly Creek, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Haly Creek was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Haly Creek included Managers 35.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Professionals 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 9.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Haly Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 16.9%, Residential Building Construction 5.9%, Other Crop Growing 5.1%, Dairy Cattle Farming 3.4% and Other Livestock Farming 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Haly Creek was $406.

In Haly Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.8%, Walked only 9.3%, Car, as passenger 6.8%, Taxi 3.4% and Train 2.5%. On the day, 4.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Haly Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.8% 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 Haly Creek, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Haly Creek, 55.6% were couple families with children, 28.6% were couple families without children and 15.9% were one parent families.

In Haly Creek 54.5% of single parents were male and 45.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Haly Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Haly Creek, of couple families with children, 38.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Haly Creek, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haly 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 Haly Creek, of occupied private dwellings 5.5% had 1 bedroom, 6.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Haly Creek, 34.7% were owned outright, 45.3% were owned with a mortgage and 20.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Haly Creek, of all households, 81.3% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Haly Creek, 34.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.5% 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 Haly Creek, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 39.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Haly 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 Haly 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 Haly 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.