Mica Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 209 people in Mica Creek of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Mica Creek was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Mica Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.6% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mica Creek was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mica Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mica Creek was 40 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Mica Creek 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.9% were in primary school, 18.8% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mica Creek were Australian 34.2%, English 21.2%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 5.8% and Italian 4.3%.

In Mica Creek, 79.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.4%, Italy 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and Philippines 1.4%.

In Mica Creek, 81.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mica Creek were Catholic 38.8%, Anglican 20.1%, No Religion 11.0%, Christian, nfd 3.8% and Baptist 3.3%.

In Mica Creek 83.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 127 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mica Creek. Of these 70.9% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mica Creek, 6.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mica Creek was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Mica Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 22.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 8.0%, Professionals 8.0%, Labourers 6.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Mica Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 16.0%, Road Freight Transport 11.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 7.2%, Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 5.6% and Structural Metal Product Manufacturing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mica Creek was $966.

In Mica Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.4%, Walked only 13.6% and Car, as passenger 5.6%. 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 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mica Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% 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, 17.4% 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 Mica Creek, 27.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mica Creek, 54.2% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Mica Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,750 and those without children was $1,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Mica Creek, of couple families with children, 36.4% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mica Creek, 87.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mica 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 Mica Creek, of occupied private dwellings 11.5% had 1 bedroom, 14.8% had 2 bedrooms and 34.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mica Creek, 33.3% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mica Creek, of all households, 77.4% were family households, 17.7% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Mica Creek, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 26.3% 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 Mica Creek, 16.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mica Creek, there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 81.2%) were male and 3 (or 18.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Mica Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $5,000.

In Mica 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 $1,473.