Pie Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 850 people in Pie Creek of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Pie Creek was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Pie Creek aged 15 years and over, 64.3% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pie Creek was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Pie Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pie Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Pie Creek 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 36.0% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pie Creek were Australian 35.9%, English 30.0%, Irish 8.4%, German 7.3% and Scottish 6.2%.

In Pie Creek, 84.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, New Zealand 2.7%, Netherlands 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Canada 0.4%.

In Pie Creek, 74.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pie Creek were No Religion 24.3%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 18.5%, Uniting Church 10.5% and Christian, nfd 4.1%.

In Pie Creek 95.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Aboriginal English, so described 0.8%.

Employment

There were 395 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pie Creek. Of these 57.2% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pie Creek, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pie Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Pie Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Labourers 15.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.2%, Professionals 12.3%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Pie Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Hospitals 5.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.4%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pie Creek was $503.

In Pie Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Truck 3.7%, Walked only 2.1% and Motorbike/scooter 1.3%. 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 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pie Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.1% 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 Pie Creek, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pie Creek, 46.5% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Pie Creek 32.0% of single parents were male and 68.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pie Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,867 and those without children was $1,805.

Employment status of couple families

In Pie Creek, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 19.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pie Creek, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pie Creek, 99.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pie Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 6.4% had 2 bedrooms and 42.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pie Creek, 42.2% were owned outright, 46.8% were owned with a mortgage and 8.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Pie Creek, of all households, 82.1% were family households, 16.6% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Pie Creek, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.2% 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 Pie Creek, 23.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pie Creek, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 55.0%) were male and 9 (or 45.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Pie Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $724.

In Pie 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 $800.