Black Duck Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 242 people in Black Duck Creek of these 57.0% were male and 43.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Black Duck Creek was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.9% of the population.

Of people in Black Duck Creek aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 13.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Black Duck Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Black Duck Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Black Duck Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Black Duck Creek 28.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.3% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 9.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Black Duck Creek were Australian 37.8%, English 22.5%, German 16.5%, Irish 8.1% and Scottish 4.5%.

In Black Duck Creek, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.6%, England 1.2%, Germany 1.2%, Philippines 1.2% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Black Duck Creek, 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Black Duck Creek were Catholic 25.7%, Anglican 14.9%, No Religion 12.0%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Lutheran 9.5%.

In Black Duck Creek 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Black Duck Creek. Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 23.5% were employed part-time and 4.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Black Duck Creek, 6.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Black Duck Creek was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Black Duck Creek included Managers 33.3%, Labourers 20.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.8%, Professionals 8.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.6% and Sales Workers 2.7%.

Of the employed people in Black Duck Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 18.3%, Other Crop Growing 7.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.4%, School Education 6.4% and Hospitals 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Black Duck Creek was $428.

In Black Duck Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 58.2%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Motorbike/scooter 2.7% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Black Duck Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.7% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.2% 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 Black Duck Creek, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Black Duck Creek, 46.9% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 4.7% were one parent families.

In Black Duck Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Black Duck Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Black Duck Creek, of couple families with children, 14.8% had both partners employed full-time, 9.3% had both employed part-time and 18.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Black Duck Creek, 91.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Duck 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 Black Duck Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.7% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 45.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Black Duck Creek, 42.7% were owned outright, 37.8% were owned with a mortgage and 12.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Black Duck Creek, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 22.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Black Duck Creek, 31.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Black Duck Creek, 15.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Black Duck 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 35 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 Black Duck Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Black Duck 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.