Pierces Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 270 people in Pierces Creek of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Pierces Creek was 53 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 29.4% of the population.

Of people in Pierces Creek aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pierces Creek was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 43 years.

In Pierces Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pierces Creek was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Pierces Creek 23.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.8% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pierces Creek were English 28.8%, Australian 27.9%, German 11.8%, Irish 10.1% and Scottish 6.6%.

In Pierces Creek, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.7%, England 1.8%, Netherlands 1.8%, India 1.5% and South Africa 1.5%.

In Pierces Creek, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pierces Creek were No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 21.7%, Catholic 18.4%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Lutheran 5.1%.

In Pierces Creek 91.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Hungarian 1.5% and German 1.1%.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pierces Creek. Of these 66.4% were employed full time, 19.3% were employed part-time and 4.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pierces Creek, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pierces Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Pierces Creek included Managers 40.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Labourers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1%, Professionals 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.6% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Pierces Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 21.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 6.4%, School Education 5.5%, Dairy Cattle Farming 4.5% and Hospitals 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pierces Creek was $407.

In Pierces Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 51.4%, Car, as passenger 7.2%, Other 2.7% and Walked only 2.7%. 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 56.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pierces Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.0% provided care for children and 15.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.7% 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 Pierces Creek, 27.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pierces Creek, 32.5% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Pierces Creek 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pierces Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Pierces Creek, of couple families with children, 20.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.5% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pierces Creek, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pierces 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 Pierces Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.0% had 1 bedroom, 18.8% had 2 bedrooms and 42.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pierces Creek, 56.1% were owned outright, 20.4% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Pierces Creek, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 3.0% were group households.

In Pierces Creek, 29.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Pierces Creek, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 27.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pierces Creek, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) 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 Pierces Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Pierces 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 $0.