Mole Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 609 people in Mole Creek of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mole Creek was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.1% of the population.

Of people in Mole Creek aged 15 years and over, 54.9% were married and 12.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mole Creek was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Mole Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mole Creek was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Mole Creek 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.5% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mole Creek were English 39.5%, Australian 34.0%, Irish 6.3%, Scottish 5.2% and German 1.5%.

In Mole Creek, 78.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.7%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Czech Republic 0.5%.

In Mole Creek, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mole Creek were No Religion 33.9%, Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 11.3%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Christian, nfd 5.9%.

In Mole Creek 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.7%, German 0.5%, Czech 0.5% and Cantonese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 265 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mole Creek. Of these 47.9% were employed full time, 35.5% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mole Creek, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Mole Creek included Managers 22.7%, Labourers 16.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.2%, Professionals 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.1% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Mole Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, Accommodation 8.3%, School Education 6.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mole Creek was $378.

In Mole Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.7%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 3.8%, Truck 2.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.2%. 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 62.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mole Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.1% 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 Mole Creek, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mole Creek, 36.6% were couple families with children, 47.1% were couple families without children and 14.5% were one parent families.

In Mole Creek 18.2% of single parents were male and 81.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mole Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,428 and those without children was $816.

Employment status of couple families

In Mole Creek, of couple families with children, 17.8% had both partners employed full-time, 6.2% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mole Creek, 82.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 17.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mole Creek, 98.3% 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 Mole Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.2% had 1 bedroom, 17.2% had 2 bedrooms and 60.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mole Creek, 52.5% were owned outright, 28.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Mole Creek, of all households, 70.3% were family households, 26.4% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Mole Creek, 38.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.4% 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 Mole Creek, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mole Creek, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 17.6%) were male and 14 (or 82.4%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Mole Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.8, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $480.

In Mole Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $210 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $910.