Palen Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 219 people in Palen Creek of these 68.5% were male and 31.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Palen Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 12.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.2% of the population.

Of people in Palen Creek aged 15 years and over, 51.0% were married and 8.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Palen Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Palen Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Palen Creek was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Palen Creek 50.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.2% were in primary school, 8.0% in secondary school and 2.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Palen Creek were English 22.1%, Australian 19.7%, Irish 13.1%, Scottish 6.9% and German 5.5%.

In Palen Creek, 86.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Argentina 1.4%, England 1.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.4%, New Zealand 1.4% and Papua New Guinea 1.4%.

In Palen Creek, 79.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Palen Creek were Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 16.1%, No Religion 10.1%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Palen Creek 62.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 77 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Palen Creek. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 3.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Palen Creek, 5.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Palen Creek was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Palen Creek included Managers 32.9%, Labourers 20.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Professionals 5.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.3% and Sales Workers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Palen Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 15.3%, Accommodation 12.5%, Road Freight Transport 8.3%, Personal Care Services 5.6% and Nursery and Floriculture Production 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Palen Creek was $393.

In Palen Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 52.1%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Truck 4.2% and Other 4.2%. 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 50.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Palen Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.9% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.8% 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 Palen Creek, 14.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Palen Creek, 36.8% were couple families with children, 47.4% were couple families without children and 15.8% were one parent families.

In Palen Creek 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Palen Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Palen Creek, of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% 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 Palen Creek, 70.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palen Creek, 91.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.5% were other dwellings.

In Palen Creek, of occupied private dwellings 8.3% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Palen Creek, 49.2% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 28.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Palen Creek, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Palen Creek, 43.6% 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 Palen Creek, 30.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Palen Creek, there were 8 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 62.5%) were male and 3 (or 37.5%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Palen 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 $500.

In Palen Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $50 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.