Peak Crossing

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 768 people in Peak Crossing of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Peak Crossing was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.1% of the population.

Of people in Peak Crossing aged 15 years and over, 58.8% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Peak Crossing was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Peak Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Peak Crossing was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Peak Crossing 28.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.3% were in primary school, 28.6% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Peak Crossing were Australian 34.0%, English 27.3%, German 10.9%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Peak Crossing, 90.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.3%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.5%, India 0.5% and Belgium 0.4%.

In Peak Crossing, 81.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Peak Crossing were Catholic 24.0%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Lutheran 7.0%.

In Peak Crossing 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.2% and German 0.5%.

Employment

There were 405 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Peak Crossing. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 23.7% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Peak Crossing, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Peak Crossing was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Peak Crossing included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Managers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Labourers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Professionals 8.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.8%.

Of the employed people in Peak Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.9%, School Education 3.9%, Public Order and Safety Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.8% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Peak Crossing was $581.

In Peak Crossing, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.3%, Truck 4.6%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Train 1.8% and Walked only 1.3%. On the day, 3.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Peak Crossing, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.0% provided care for children and 14.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.3% 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 Peak Crossing, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Peak Crossing, 54.3% were couple families with children, 36.1% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Peak Crossing 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Peak Crossing, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,305 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Peak Crossing, of couple families with children, 22.9% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Peak Crossing, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Crossing, 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 Peak Crossing, of occupied private dwellings 2.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Peak Crossing, 32.7% were owned outright, 46.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Peak Crossing, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Peak Crossing, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.7% 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 Peak Crossing, 19.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Peak Crossing, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 42.9%) were male and 4 (or 57.1%) were female. The median age was 47 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 Peak Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Peak Crossing, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,145.