Scott Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 214 people in Scott Creek of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Scott Creek was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Scott Creek aged 15 years and over, 59.4% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Scott Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Scott Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Scott Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Scott Creek 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.4% were in primary school, 25.5% in secondary school and 38.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Scott Creek were English 35.5%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.8% and German 6.8%.

In Scott Creek, 70.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.1%, Netherlands 3.3%, Denmark 2.3%, India 2.3% and Germany 1.9%.

In Scott Creek, 57.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Scott Creek were No Religion 54.2%, Catholic 9.3%, Anglican 7.5%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Buddhism 3.7%.

In Scott Creek 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Danish 3.3%, Dutch 1.9%, German 1.4%, Italian 1.4% and Thai 1.4%.

Employment

There were 133 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Scott Creek. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 38.3% were employed part-time and 2.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Scott Creek, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Scott Creek was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Scott Creek included Professionals 32.6%, Managers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Scott Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Architectural, Engineering and Technical Services 7.7%, State Government Administration 6.2%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Scott Creek was $774.

In Scott Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.3%, Bus 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.1% and Bus, car as driver 3.1%. On the day, 6.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Scott Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 90.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.7% provided care for children and 22.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 40.1% 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 Scott Creek, 42.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Scott Creek, 43.8% were couple families with children, 56.2% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Scott Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Scott Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,187.

Employment status of couple families

In Scott Creek, of couple families with children, 28.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 31.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Scott Creek, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Scott 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 Scott Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 7.3% had 2 bedrooms and 53.7% 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 Scott Creek, 41.5% were owned outright, 46.3% were owned with a mortgage and 4.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Scott Creek, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 18.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Scott Creek, 11.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.0% 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 Scott Creek, 11.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Scott Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Scott Creek, 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 $4,500.

In Scott Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.