Calico Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 358 people in Calico Creek of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Calico Creek was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.4% of the population.

Of people in Calico Creek aged 15 years and over, 64.1% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Calico Creek was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Calico Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Calico Creek was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Calico Creek 32.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.5% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 13.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Calico Creek were Australian 35.2%, English 29.3%, Irish 8.4%, German 8.4% and Scottish 5.9%.

In Calico Creek, 88.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and Papua New Guinea 0.8%.

In Calico Creek, 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Calico Creek were Anglican 18.4%, No Religion 17.6%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Christian, nfd 7.8%.

In Calico Creek 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Romanian 2.8% and Mandarin 1.4%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Calico Creek. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 32.7% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Calico Creek, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Calico Creek was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Calico Creek included Managers 21.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Labourers 10.5%, Professionals 8.0% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Calico Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 5.5%, Building Installation Services 4.9%, Other Construction Services 4.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9% and Road Freight Transport 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Calico Creek was $430.

In Calico Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.3%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Truck 3.1%, Walked only 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.9%. 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 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Calico Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.3% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.6% 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 Calico Creek, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Calico Creek, 44.1% were couple families with children, 44.1% were couple families without children and 11.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Calico Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,700 and those without children was $1,275.

Employment status of couple families

In Calico Creek, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 22.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Calico Creek, 87.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calico 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 Calico Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 6.9% had 2 bedrooms and 52.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Calico Creek, 43.6% were owned outright, 37.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Calico Creek, of all households, 77.6% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Calico Creek, 28.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Calico Creek, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Calico Creek, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 Calico Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Calico 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.