Limestone Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 401 people in Limestone Creek of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Limestone Creek was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.2% of the population.

Of people in Limestone Creek aged 15 years and over, 66.1% were married and 8.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Limestone Creek was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Limestone Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Limestone Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Limestone Creek 34.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.7% were in primary school, 20.1% in secondary school and 11.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Limestone Creek were Australian 39.8%, English 28.5%, Scottish 6.8%, German 5.8% and Irish 5.4%.

In Limestone Creek, 85.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, South Africa 1.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%, Netherlands 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Limestone Creek, 82.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Limestone Creek were Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 22.7%, No Religion 14.2%, Baptist 7.0% and Christian, nfd 6.7%.

In Limestone Creek 90.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Cantonese 1.3%, Afrikaans 1.0% and Mandarin 1.0%.

Employment

There were 212 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Limestone Creek. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 2.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Limestone Creek, 8.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Limestone Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Limestone Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.2%, Professionals 19.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.6%, Managers 11.4%, Labourers 8.1%, Sales Workers 7.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2%.

Of the employed people in Limestone Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.1%, Electricity Distribution 4.3%, Building Installation Services 4.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Tertiary Education 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Limestone Creek was $876.

In Limestone Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.3%, Car, as passenger 2.8%, Bus 1.9%, Motorbike/scooter 1.9% and Other 1.9%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Limestone Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.7% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.3% 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 Limestone Creek, 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Limestone Creek, 52.4% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Limestone Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,042 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Limestone Creek, of couple families with children, 29.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 29.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Limestone Creek, 95.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Limestone 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 Limestone Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.1% had 2 bedrooms and 22.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Limestone Creek, 29.1% were owned outright, 54.7% were owned with a mortgage and 10.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Limestone Creek, of all households, 87.1% were family households, 12.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Limestone Creek, 9.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.5% 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 Limestone Creek, 13.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Limestone 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 Limestone Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 7, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $933.

In Limestone Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.