Eastern Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 799 people in Eastern Creek of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Eastern Creek was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.8% of the population.

Of people in Eastern Creek aged 15 years and over, 44.7% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Eastern Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Eastern Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.7% 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 Eastern Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Eastern Creek 32.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 16.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Eastern Creek were Australian 23.5%, English 21.6%, Scottish 4.6%, Filipino 4.2% and Irish 3.8%.

In Eastern Creek, 69.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, Philippines 4.0%, England 1.9%, Samoa 1.8% and Fiji 1.6%.

In Eastern Creek, 48.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 40.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Eastern Creek were Catholic 35.2%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 13.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

In Eastern Creek 69.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 4.8%, Samoan 2.6%, Tagalog 2.4%, Hindi 1.6% and Vietnamese 1.6%.

Employment

There were 366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Eastern Creek. Of these 64.8% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 7.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Eastern Creek, 7.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Eastern Creek was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Eastern Creek included Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 11.4%, Professionals 8.2% and Managers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Eastern Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.2%, School Education 3.2%, Building Installation Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Eastern Creek was $516.

In Eastern Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, bus 3.2%, Train 2.7% and Truck 2.7%. On the day, 11.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Eastern Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.0% provided care for children and 11.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 11.2% 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 Eastern Creek, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Eastern Creek, 45.3% were couple families with children, 27.1% were couple families without children and 25.2% were one parent families.

In Eastern Creek 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Eastern Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,980 and those without children was $1,571.

Employment status of couple families

In Eastern Creek, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.0% had both employed part-time and 15.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Eastern Creek, 90.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eastern Creek, 97.3% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Eastern Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.5% had 2 bedrooms and 51.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Eastern Creek, 26.3% were owned outright, 39.6% were owned with a mortgage and 29.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Eastern Creek, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.6% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Eastern Creek, 22.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.7% 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 Eastern Creek, 33.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Eastern Creek, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 40.0%) were male and 15 (or 60.0%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Eastern Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Eastern 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 $975.