Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 701 people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.8% of the population.

Of people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 54.4% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 26.3% in secondary school and 9.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) were Australian 34.1%, English 22.7%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 6.9% and German 6.1%.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.4%, England 1.9%, Malta 1.3%, Fiji 0.4% and Norway 0.4%.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 77.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) were Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 18.4%, Anglican 14.7%, Uniting Church 9.6% and Christian, nfd 4.6%.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maori (New Zealand) 0.9%, Welsh 0.4%, German 0.4% and Maltese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 356 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld). Of these 66.6% were employed full time, 21.3% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 6.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 58.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.0%, Managers 15.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Labourers 11.0%, Professionals 9.5%, Sales Workers 6.1% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.5%.

Of the employed people in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 9.2%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.5% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) was $619.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Bus 1.7%, Truck 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 65.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 71.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.0% provided care for children and 7.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.6% 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 Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 47.2% were couple families with children, 40.4% were couple families without children and 9.8% were one parent families.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld) 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,036 and those without children was $2,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 17.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 88.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 10.1% were other dwellings.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 9.2% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 40.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 37.3% were owned outright, 41.7% were owned with a mortgage and 18.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), of all households, 79.0% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 23.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.5% 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 Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 20.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), 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 27 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 Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,833.

In Alligator Creek (Mackay - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,124.