Ma Ma Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 403 people in Ma Ma Creek of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Ma Ma Creek was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Ma Ma Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.0% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Ma Ma Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Ma Ma Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Ma Ma Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Ma Ma Creek 30.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.2% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 12.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Ma Ma Creek were Australian 28.9%, English 27.7%, German 14.6%, Irish 8.9% and Scottish 7.5%.

In Ma Ma Creek, 85.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 1.2%, Germany 1.2%, Denmark 0.7% and Egypt 0.7%.

In Ma Ma Creek, 81.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Ma Ma Creek were Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 20.5%, Lutheran 12.9%, No Religion 12.4% and Uniting Church 6.2%.

In Ma Ma Creek 91.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.0%, German 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 181 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Ma Ma Creek. Of these 62.4% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Ma Ma Creek, 10.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Ma Ma Creek was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in Ma Ma Creek included Labourers 22.7%, Managers 19.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Sales Workers 11.6%, Professionals 9.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Ma Ma Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 8.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.8%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 5.2%, School Education 5.2% and Other Crop Growing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Ma Ma Creek was $425.

In Ma Ma Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Truck 3.5%, Other 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. 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 70.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Ma Ma Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 15.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Ma Ma Creek, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Ma Ma Creek, 38.5% were couple families with children, 48.1% were couple families without children and 13.5% were one parent families.

In Ma Ma Creek 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Ma Ma Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Ma Ma Creek, of couple families with children, 26.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Ma Ma Creek, 91.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ma Ma 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 Ma Ma Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.4% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Ma Ma Creek, 41.7% were owned outright, 34.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Ma Ma Creek, of all households, 75.2% were family households, 22.5% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Ma Ma Creek, 26.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.4% 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 Ma Ma Creek, 24.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Ma Ma Creek, 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 13 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 Ma Ma 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 $1,125.

In Ma Ma Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $280 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $250.