Julia Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 634 people in Julia Creek of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Julia Creek was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Julia Creek aged 15 years and over, 47.2% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Julia Creek was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Julia Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Julia Creek was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 27 years.

In Julia Creek 20.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.5% were in primary school, 9.2% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Julia Creek were Australian 38.2%, English 31.0%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 6.0% and German 4.0%.

In Julia Creek, 88.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Ireland 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.5%.

In Julia Creek, 87.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Julia Creek were Anglican 32.1%, Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8%.

In Julia Creek 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 399 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Julia Creek. Of these 77.2% were employed full time, 14.8% were employed part-time and 1.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Julia Creek, 3.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 72.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Julia Creek was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Julia Creek included Managers 31.6%, Labourers 20.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.9% and Professionals 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Julia Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 45.9%, Local Government Administration 12.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 1.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Julia Creek was $675.

In Julia Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 31.1%, Walked only 25.4%, Truck 3.6%, Car, as passenger 2.8% and Other 2.1%. On the day, 0.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 34.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Julia Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.3% 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 Julia Creek, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Julia Creek, 45.0% were couple families with children, 38.9% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Julia Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,643 and those without children was $1,632.

Employment status of couple families

In Julia Creek, of couple families with children, 44.4% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Julia Creek, 78.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Julia Creek, 93.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.8% were other dwellings.

In Julia Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 43.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Julia Creek, 42.1% were owned outright, 15.3% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Julia Creek, of all households, 62.0% were family households, 36.3% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Julia Creek, 22.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.3% 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 Julia Creek, 34.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Julia Creek, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 44.0%) were male and 14 (or 56.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Julia Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Julia Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $100 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.