Clothiers Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 363 people in Clothiers Creek of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Clothiers Creek was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Clothiers Creek aged 15 years and over, 55.1% were married and 16.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Clothiers Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 44 years.

In Clothiers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Clothiers Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Clothiers Creek 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.7% were in primary school, 23.3% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Clothiers Creek were Australian 29.2%, English 29.0%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 6.8% and German 3.8%.

In Clothiers Creek, 79.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 2.2%, Thailand 1.7%, Germany 1.1% and Canada 0.8%.

In Clothiers Creek, 66.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Clothiers Creek were No Religion 39.3%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 7.2%, Christian, nfd 4.4% and Seventh-day Adventist 2.8%.

In Clothiers Creek 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 1.1%, Dutch 0.8% and French 0.8%.

Employment

There were 182 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Clothiers Creek. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Clothiers Creek, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Clothiers Creek was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Clothiers Creek included Professionals 22.3%, Managers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Labourers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Clothiers Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.5%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Building Installation Services 3.0% and Other Social Assistance Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Clothiers Creek was $524.

In Clothiers Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 2.4%, Bus, car as driver 2.4% and Bicycle 1.8%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Clothiers Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.7% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.6% 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 Clothiers Creek, 32.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Clothiers Creek, 43.7% were couple families with children, 47.6% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Clothiers Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Clothiers Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,916 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Clothiers Creek, of couple families with children, 12.9% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 15.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Clothiers Creek, 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clothiers 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 Clothiers Creek, of occupied private dwellings 8.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.3% had 2 bedrooms and 40.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Clothiers Creek, 46.8% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Clothiers Creek, of all households, 71.5% were family households, 21.9% were single person households and 6.6% were group households.

In Clothiers Creek, 28.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Clothiers Creek, 29.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Clothiers Creek, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 50.0%) were male and 4 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Clothiers Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Clothiers Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,080.