Splitters Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 268 people in Splitters Creek of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Splitters Creek was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Splitters Creek aged 15 years and over, 67.6% were married and 3.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Splitters Creek was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Splitters Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Splitters Creek was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Splitters Creek 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.4% were in primary school, 32.2% in secondary school and 26.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Splitters Creek were English 34.6%, Australian 30.2%, Irish 13.7%, Scottish 12.1% and German 3.0%.

In Splitters Creek, 89.5% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.6%, New Zealand 1.9% and Fiji 1.5%.

In Splitters Creek, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Splitters Creek were Catholic 34.6%, Anglican 27.1%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.7%.

In Splitters Creek 100.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 147 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Splitters Creek. Of these 53.7% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Splitters Creek, 14.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Splitters Creek was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Splitters Creek included Professionals 36.6%, Managers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.5%, Sales Workers 7.0%, Labourers 4.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.1%.

Of the employed people in Splitters Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Allied Health Services 5.7%, Legal and Accounting Services 4.3%, Central Government Administration 4.3% and Medical Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Splitters Creek was $754.

In Splitters Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 74.5%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Walked only 2.8% and Taxi, car as driver, other 2.1%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Splitters Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.4% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.0% 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 Splitters Creek, 36.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Splitters Creek, 53.8% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 10.0% were one parent families.

In Splitters Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Splitters Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,094 and those without children was $2,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Splitters Creek, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 5.3% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Splitters Creek, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Splitters Creek, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Splitters Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.8% had 2 bedrooms and 36.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Splitters Creek, 44.3% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 12.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Splitters Creek, of all households, 90.0% were family households, 10.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Splitters Creek, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 29.0% 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 Splitters Creek, 13.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Splitters 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 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 Splitters Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Splitters 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 $0.