Dry Creek (SA)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 198 people in Dry Creek (SA) of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Dry Creek (SA) was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Dry Creek (SA) aged 15 years and over, 30.7% were married and 22.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dry Creek (SA) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Dry Creek (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 27.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dry Creek (SA) was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Dry Creek (SA) 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.0% were in primary school, 30.2% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dry Creek (SA) were Australian 29.2%, English 21.5%, Chinese 8.6%, Vietnamese 3.9% and Scottish 3.4%.

In Dry Creek (SA), 66.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 11.2%, Poland 2.6%, Bangladesh 2.0%, England 2.0% and Iraq 2.0%.

In Dry Creek (SA), 50.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 41.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dry Creek (SA) were No Religion 33.3%, Catholic 18.7%, Anglican 9.1%, Buddhism 6.1% and Islam 5.6%.

In Dry Creek (SA) 68.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 6.6%, Arabic 3.6%, Vietnamese 3.0%, German 2.0% and Italian 2.0%.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dry Creek (SA). Of these 70.8% were employed full time, 21.3% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dry Creek (SA), 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dry Creek (SA) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Dry Creek (SA) were Technicians and Trades Workers 28.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.4%, Labourers 20.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Professionals 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.8% and Sales Workers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Dry Creek (SA), the most common responses for industry of employment included Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 11.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.7% and Other Transport Support Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dry Creek (SA) was $516.

In Dry Creek (SA), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.1%, Car, as passenger 10.7%, Truck 8.3%, Train 4.8% and Bus 4.8%. On the day, 9.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dry Creek (SA), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 5.4% 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 Dry Creek (SA), 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dry Creek (SA), 34.1% were couple families with children, 31.7% were couple families without children and 34.1% were one parent families.

In Dry Creek (SA) 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dry Creek (SA), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Dry Creek (SA), of couple families with children, 30.0% had both partners employed full-time, 10.0% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dry Creek (SA), 79.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dry Creek (SA), 73.6% were separate houses, 4.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dry Creek (SA), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 34.1% had 2 bedrooms and 60.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dry Creek (SA), 26.1% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 34.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Dry Creek (SA), of all households, 48.3% were family households, 44.8% were single person households and 6.9% were group households.

In Dry Creek (SA), 36.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Dry Creek (SA), 43.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dry Creek (SA), there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Dry Creek (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Dry Creek (SA), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $290 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.