Badgerys Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 455 people in Badgerys Creek of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Badgerys Creek was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Badgerys Creek aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 14.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Badgerys Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Badgerys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Badgerys Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Badgerys Creek 36.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.6% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 14.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Badgerys Creek were Australian 28.2%, English 18.2%, Chinese 8.0%, Italian 5.3% and Maltese 4.5%.

In Badgerys Creek, 64.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 4.2%, Malta 2.9%, Italy 2.0%, New Zealand 2.0% and England 1.8%.

In Badgerys Creek, 48.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Badgerys Creek were Catholic 32.7%, Anglican 21.3%, No Religion 15.2%, Buddhism 4.8% and Latter-day Saints 1.3%.

In Badgerys Creek 63.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 8.8%, Maltese 3.7%, Italian 2.9%, Arabic 2.0% and Spanish 0.9%.

Employment

There were 180 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Badgerys Creek. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 27.8% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Badgerys Creek, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Badgerys Creek was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Badgerys Creek included Managers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Labourers 16.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Professionals 6.9% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Badgerys Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 7.5%, Road Freight Transport 6.4%, Residential Building Construction 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Badgerys Creek was $413.

In Badgerys Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.9%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Walked only 4.7%, Truck 3.5% and Train, car as driver 2.9%. On the day, 5.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Badgerys Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.1% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% 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 Badgerys Creek, 17.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Badgerys Creek, 49.0% were couple families with children, 29.4% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Badgerys Creek 30.4% of single parents were male and 69.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Badgerys Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Badgerys Creek, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 13.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Badgerys Creek, 97.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Badgerys 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 Badgerys Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Badgerys Creek, 24.2% were owned outright, 7.5% were owned with a mortgage and 65.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Badgerys Creek, of all households, 76.7% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 7.5% were group households.

In Badgerys Creek, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Badgerys Creek, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Badgerys Creek, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 64.7%) were male and 6 (or 35.3%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Badgerys Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Badgerys Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $200 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.