Stony Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 319 people in Stony Creek (Qld) of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Stony Creek (Qld) was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Stony Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 15.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Stony Creek (Qld) was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Stony Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Stony Creek (Qld) was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Stony Creek (Qld) 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.1% were in primary school, 20.5% in secondary school and 10.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Stony Creek (Qld) were English 31.9%, Australian 28.0%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 7.1% and German 7.1%.

In Stony Creek (Qld), 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, England 3.1%, Vanuatu 1.2%, Italy 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Stony Creek (Qld), 77.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Stony Creek (Qld) were No Religion 38.9%, Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 13.7%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.1%.

In Stony Creek (Qld) 90.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.9%, Italian 0.9% and Pacific Austronesian Languages, nec 0.9%.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Stony Creek (Qld). Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 29.3% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Stony Creek (Qld), 7.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Stony Creek (Qld) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Stony Creek (Qld) included Managers 25.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Labourers 12.7%, Professionals 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0% and Sales Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Stony Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 6.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 5.7% and School Education 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Stony Creek (Qld) was $411.

In Stony Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Bus 5.7%, Car, as passenger 4.3%, Truck 3.6% and Other 3.6%. On the day, 5.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Stony Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.4% 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 Stony Creek (Qld), 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Stony Creek (Qld), 31.0% were couple families with children, 57.5% were couple families without children and 11.5% were one parent families.

In Stony Creek (Qld) 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Stony Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,042 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Stony Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.4% had both employed part-time and 9.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Stony Creek (Qld), 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stony Creek (Qld), 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 Stony Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 6.7% had 1 bedroom, 14.2% had 2 bedrooms and 50.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Stony Creek (Qld), 46.7% were owned outright, 24.2% were owned with a mortgage and 25.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Stony Creek (Qld), of all households, 69.7% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Stony Creek (Qld), 31.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Stony Creek (Qld), 31.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Stony Creek (Qld), there were 16 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 31.2%) were male and 11 (or 68.8%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Stony Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Stony Creek (Qld), 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.