Timber Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 231 people in Timber Creek of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 65.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Timber Creek was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 30.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.1% of the population.

Of people in Timber Creek aged 15 years and over, 38.4% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Timber Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Timber Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Timber Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Timber Creek 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.8% were in primary school, 0.0% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Timber Creek were Australian Aboriginal 44.2%, Australian 19.0%, English 15.3%, Irish 4.4% and Scottish 2.9%.

In Timber Creek, 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.3%, South Africa 1.3% and United States of America 1.3%.

In Timber Creek, 91.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 4.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Timber Creek were No Religion 36.1%, Baptist 17.6%, Catholic 9.4%, Anglican 8.2% and Pentecostal 6.0%.

In Timber Creek 69.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Ngarinyman 9.4%, Gurindji 6.9%, Nungali 4.7%, Kriol 2.6% and Bilinarra 1.3%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Timber Creek. Of these 43.2% were employed full time, 36.8% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Timber Creek, 20.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Timber Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Timber Creek were Labourers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Professionals 11.0%, Managers 5.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.5% and Sales Workers 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Timber Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 30.7%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 10.2%, Parks and Gardens Operations 8.0%, Fuel Retailing 5.7% and Accommodation 5.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Timber Creek was $522.

In Timber Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 33.3%, Walked only 28.9%, Car, as passenger 16.7%, Other 3.3% and Car as driver, car as passenger 3.3%. 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 50.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Timber Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.0% 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 Timber Creek, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 4.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 4.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Timber Creek, 40.4% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Timber Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,583 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Timber Creek, of couple families with children, 23.1% had both partners employed full-time, 12.8% had both employed part-time and 7.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Timber Creek, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Timber Creek, 78.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 15.4% were other dwellings.

In Timber Creek, of occupied private dwellings 12.5% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Timber Creek, 20.9% were owned outright, 0.0% were owned with a mortgage and 68.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Timber Creek, of all households, 70.1% were family households, 25.4% were single person households and 4.5% were group households.

In Timber Creek, 12.5% 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 Timber Creek, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 18.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Timber Creek, there were 148 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 56.1%) were male and 65 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Timber Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,312.

In Timber Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $20 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.