Kelsey Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 263 people in Kelsey Creek of these 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Kelsey Creek was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.8% of the population.

Of people in Kelsey Creek aged 15 years and over, 60.5% were married and 10.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Kelsey Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Kelsey Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Kelsey Creek was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Kelsey Creek 24.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 44.8% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 4.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Kelsey Creek were Australian 36.1%, English 26.6%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 7.3% and German 7.3%.

In Kelsey Creek, 92.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.5% and Malaysia 1.1%.

In Kelsey Creek, 89.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Kelsey Creek were Catholic 30.0%, Anglican 25.1%, Uniting Church 16.3%, No Religion 15.2% and Lutheran 1.9%.

In Kelsey Creek 97.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 153 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Kelsey Creek. Of these 66.7% were employed full time, 20.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Kelsey Creek, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 59.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Kelsey Creek was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Kelsey Creek included Managers 23.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.2%, Labourers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Sales Workers 5.3% and Professionals 3.3%.

Of the employed people in Kelsey Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 13.9%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.6%, Local Government Administration 5.3%, Coal Mining 4.6% and Veterinary Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Kelsey Creek was $614.

In Kelsey Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.3%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Truck 3.3%, Walked only 3.3% and Motorbike/scooter 2.7%. On the day, 3.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Kelsey Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.0% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 Kelsey Creek, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Kelsey Creek, 53.8% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 7.7% were one parent families.

In Kelsey Creek 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Kelsey Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,874 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Kelsey Creek, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 21.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Kelsey Creek, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kelsey Creek, 96.9% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Kelsey Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 10.3% had 2 bedrooms and 51.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Kelsey Creek, 38.5% were owned outright, 35.4% were owned with a mortgage and 21.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Kelsey Creek, of all households, 81.1% were family households, 18.9% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Kelsey Creek, 8.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.8% 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 Kelsey Creek, 15.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 54.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Kelsey Creek, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 56 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 Kelsey Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Kelsey 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 $1,245.