Armstrong Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 373 people in Armstrong Creek of these 55.0% were male and 45.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Armstrong Creek was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Armstrong Creek aged 15 years and over, 61.9% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Armstrong Creek was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Armstrong Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Armstrong Creek was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Armstrong Creek 23.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 27.6% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Armstrong Creek were English 34.6%, Australian 26.6%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 8.4% and German 5.8%.

In Armstrong Creek, 78.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.2%, Germany 0.8%, Israel 0.8%, Kenya 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Armstrong Creek, 65.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Armstrong Creek were No Religion 29.7%, Anglican 20.6%, Catholic 17.6%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Armstrong Creek 94.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Welsh 0.8%, French 0.8%, Russian 0.8% and Polish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 207 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Armstrong Creek. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 28.5% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Armstrong Creek, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Armstrong Creek was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Armstrong Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.4%, Professionals 18.4%, Managers 16.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 8.0%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.0%.

Of the employed people in Armstrong Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.5%, Hospitals 4.0%, Other Transport Equipment Manufacturing 2.5% and Residential Building Construction 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Armstrong Creek was $730.

In Armstrong Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Truck 3.5%, Train, car as driver 3.0% and Train 1.5%. On the day, 7.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Armstrong Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.3% 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 Armstrong Creek, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Armstrong Creek, 49.1% were couple families with children, 37.0% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Armstrong Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,888.

Employment status of couple families

In Armstrong Creek, of couple families with children, 25.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Armstrong Creek, 91.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Creek, 95.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.6% were other dwellings.

In Armstrong Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 16.9% had 2 bedrooms and 32.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Armstrong Creek, 37.9% were owned outright, 48.5% were owned with a mortgage and 11.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Armstrong Creek, of all households, 81.2% were family households, 16.5% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Armstrong Creek, 11.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.2% 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 Armstrong Creek, 18.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Armstrong Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Armstrong Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Armstrong 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 $2,167.