Wrights Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 274 people in Wrights Creek (Qld) of these 55.1% were male and 44.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Wrights Creek (Qld) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.3% of the population.

Of people in Wrights Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 52.9% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Wrights Creek (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 37 years.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Wrights Creek (Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Wrights Creek (Qld) 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.5% were in primary school, 30.1% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Wrights Creek (Qld) were Australian 27.4%, English 26.6%, Italian 12.8%, Irish 6.8% and Scottish 5.7%.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.0%, Austria 1.5%, England 1.5%, Italy 1.5% and Laos 1.5%.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Wrights Creek (Qld) were No Religion 27.9%, Anglican 23.6%, Catholic 22.1%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Baptist 3.6%.

In Wrights Creek (Qld) 89.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 2.9%, Lao 2.5% and French 1.1%.

Employment

There were 155 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Wrights Creek (Qld). Of these 63.9% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Wrights Creek (Qld), 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Wrights Creek (Qld) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Wrights Creek (Qld) included Managers 20.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Labourers 10.1%, Professionals 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 3.4%.

Of the employed people in Wrights Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 15.3%, School Education 6.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.3%, Building Completion Services 4.7% and Residential Building Construction 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Wrights Creek (Qld) was $613.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 5.3%, Truck 4.7% and Bicycle 3.3%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Wrights Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Wrights Creek (Qld), 19.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Wrights Creek (Qld), 43.8% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Wrights Creek (Qld) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Wrights Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,650 and those without children was $2,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Wrights Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 16.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 32.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Wrights Creek (Qld), 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wrights 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 Wrights Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.6% had 2 bedrooms and 37.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Wrights Creek (Qld), 36.0% were owned outright, 30.0% were owned with a mortgage and 29.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Wrights Creek (Qld), of all households, 76.9% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), 14.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Wrights Creek (Qld), 22.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Wrights Creek (Qld), there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 44.4%) were male and 5 (or 55.6%) 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 Wrights Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,458.

In Wrights Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $170 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,225.