Smoky Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 308 people in Smoky Creek of these 53.6% were male and 46.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Smoky Creek was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Smoky Creek aged 15 years and over, 75.6% were married and 3.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Smoky Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Smoky Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Smoky Creek was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 24 years.

In Smoky Creek 30.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 48.9% were in primary school, 6.7% in secondary school and 3.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Smoky Creek were Australian 39.1%, English 28.9%, Irish 8.4%, German 6.9% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Smoky Creek, 87.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.6% and New Zealand 1.0%.

In Smoky Creek, 91.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Smoky Creek were Anglican 27.3%, Catholic 24.0%, Christian, nfd 10.1%, No Religion 9.1% and Uniting Church 7.5%.

In Smoky Creek 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Smoky Creek. Of these 68.7% were employed full time, 23.8% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Smoky Creek, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 64.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Smoky Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Smoky Creek included Managers 52.4%, Labourers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.5%, Professionals 3.4%, Sales Workers 3.4% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.8%.

Of the employed people in Smoky Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 49.0%, Other Crop Growing 7.5%, Coal Mining 6.8%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.8% and School Education 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Smoky Creek was $428.

In Smoky Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 35.4%, Walked only 9.5% and Other 2.0%. 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 36.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Smoky Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 5.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.2% 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 Smoky Creek, 17.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Smoky Creek, 44.6% were couple families with children, 45.8% were couple families without children and 9.6% were one parent families.

In Smoky Creek 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Smoky Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Smoky Creek, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 6.9% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Smoky Creek, 80.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smoky 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 Smoky Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.0% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Smoky Creek, 52.0% were owned outright, 23.0% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Smoky Creek, of all households, 87.8% were family households, 12.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Smoky Creek, 25.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Smoky Creek, 16.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 51.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Smoky Creek, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Smoky 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 Smoky 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.