Mountain Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,015 people in Mountain Creek (Qld) of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Mountain Creek (Qld) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.4% of the population.

Of people in Mountain Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 50.6% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mountain Creek (Qld) was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 51.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mountain Creek (Qld) was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Mountain Creek (Qld) 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.2% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 18.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mountain Creek (Qld) were English 34.1%, Australian 27.3%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 7.8% and German 4.1%.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), 73.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.7%, New Zealand 7.5%, South Africa 1.3%, Scotland 0.7% and United States of America 0.6%.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mountain Creek (Qld) were No Religion 26.8%, Anglican 21.9%, Catholic 20.7%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Mountain Creek (Qld) 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included French 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.4%, Spanish 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and German 0.2%.

Employment

There were 3,838 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mountain Creek (Qld). Of these 55.2% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mountain Creek (Qld), 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mountain Creek (Qld) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Mountain Creek (Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.1%, Professionals 15.4%, Sales Workers 14.0%, Managers 10.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Labourers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.0%.

Of the employed people in Mountain Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 4.9%, Hospitals 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mountain Creek (Qld) was $607.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.7%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Walked only 1.4%, Truck 1.2% and Bus 1.0%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mountain Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 77.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Mountain Creek (Qld), 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mountain Creek (Qld), 46.0% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 17.6% were one parent families.

In Mountain Creek (Qld) 18.0% of single parents were male and 82.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mountain Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,126 and those without children was $1,831.

Employment status of couple families

In Mountain Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 22.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 24.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mountain Creek (Qld), 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain Creek (Qld), 86.4% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 10.4% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mountain Creek (Qld), 23.7% were owned outright, 43.9% were owned with a mortgage and 30.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Mountain Creek (Qld), of all households, 81.7% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 4.8% were group households.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Mountain Creek (Qld), 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mountain Creek (Qld), there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 53 (or 57.6%) were male and 39 (or 42.4%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Mountain Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,274.

In Mountain Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $420 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.