Reedy Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 5,712 people in Reedy Creek (Qld) of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Reedy Creek (Qld) was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Reedy Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 54.7% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Reedy Creek (Qld) was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Reedy Creek (Qld) was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Reedy Creek (Qld) 33.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 16.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Reedy Creek (Qld) were English 32.2%, Australian 24.3%, Irish 7.5%, Scottish 7.4% and German 3.0%.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 8.3%, England 6.0%, South Africa 2.3%, Scotland 0.6% and Philippines 0.6%.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), 50.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Reedy Creek (Qld) were Catholic 22.3%, Anglican 20.0%, No Religion 19.8%, Christian, nfd 6.2% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Reedy Creek (Qld) 87.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Japanese 0.6%, Mandarin 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Cantonese 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,932 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Reedy Creek (Qld). Of these 56.2% were employed full time, 32.4% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Reedy Creek (Qld), 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Reedy Creek (Qld) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Reedy Creek (Qld) included Professionals 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Sales Workers 12.8%, Managers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 9.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Reedy Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1%, Hospitals 3.9%, Residential Building Construction 2.5% and Building Installation Services 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Reedy Creek (Qld) was $609.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Bus 1.2%, Walked only 1.2% and Train 1.0%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Reedy Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.4% 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 Reedy Creek (Qld), 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Reedy Creek (Qld), 49.6% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Reedy Creek (Qld) 8.4% of single parents were male and 91.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Reedy Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,247 and those without children was $2,042.

Employment status of couple families

In Reedy Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 23.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 26.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Reedy Creek (Qld), 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reedy Creek (Qld), 64.0% were separate houses, 35.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 0.2% had 1 bedroom, 10.2% had 2 bedrooms and 40.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Reedy Creek (Qld), 18.0% were owned outright, 52.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Reedy Creek (Qld), of all households, 83.7% were family households, 12.6% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.0% 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 Reedy Creek (Qld), 32.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Reedy Creek (Qld), there were 70 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 38.6%) were male and 43 (or 61.4%) 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 Reedy Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,292.

In Reedy Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $343 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,513.