Sandy Creek (Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 555 people in Sandy Creek (Qld) of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Sandy Creek (Qld) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Sandy Creek (Qld) aged 15 years and over, 59.1% were married and 11.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sandy Creek (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sandy Creek (Qld) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Sandy Creek (Qld) 29.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 16.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sandy Creek (Qld) were English 33.0%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 10.9%, Scottish 9.1% and German 6.6%.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, New Zealand 2.0%, Germany 0.7%, Argentina 0.5% and French Polynesia 0.5%.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), 74.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sandy Creek (Qld) were Anglican 25.5%, Catholic 20.7%, No Religion 20.5%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 2.7%.

In Sandy Creek (Qld) 94.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 0.9% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 277 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sandy Creek (Qld). Of these 50.9% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sandy Creek (Qld), 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sandy Creek (Qld) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Sandy Creek (Qld) included Managers 18.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.5%, Sales Workers 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.8%, Labourers 10.8% and Professionals 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Sandy Creek (Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.0%, Road Freight Transport 5.0% and Hospitals 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sandy Creek (Qld) was $480.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.0%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Truck 3.8%, Walked only 2.7% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 1.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sandy Creek (Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.7% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.7% 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 Sandy Creek (Qld), 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 18.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sandy Creek (Qld), 43.0% were couple families with children, 44.8% were couple families without children and 12.1% were one parent families.

In Sandy Creek (Qld) 38.1% of single parents were male and 61.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sandy Creek (Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,113 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Sandy Creek (Qld), of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.1% had both employed part-time and 28.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sandy Creek (Qld), 85.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Creek (Qld), 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 Sandy Creek (Qld), of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 10.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sandy Creek (Qld), 34.6% were owned outright, 51.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Sandy Creek (Qld), of all households, 86.3% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), 23.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Sandy Creek (Qld), 22.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sandy Creek (Qld), there were 15 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 80.0%) were male and 3 (or 20.0%) were female. The median age was 4 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 Sandy Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,233.

In Sandy Creek (Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,404.