Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 233 people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.2% of the population.

Of people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 52 years.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) 40.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 12.6% were in primary school, 22.1% in secondary school and 7.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) were Australian 31.7%, English 24.6%, German 7.0%, Scottish 4.9% and Irish 4.9%.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 67.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, Germany 1.3%, Kenya 1.3%, Latvia 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 80.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) were Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 18.2%, No Religion 15.2%, Christian, nfd 5.2% and Uniting Church 4.8%.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) 74.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Latvian 1.3% and Croatian 1.3%.

Employment

There were 89 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld). Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 29.2% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 13.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 21.4%, Labourers 15.5%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.7%, Managers 6.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Professionals 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 7.3%, Building Installation Services 7.3%, Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 4.9%, Coal Mining 4.9% and Other Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) was $461.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.4%, Car, as passenger 4.9%, Truck 4.9% and Walked only 3.7%. 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 65.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), of people aged 15 years and over, 59.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 14.1% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.9% 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 Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 34.6% were couple families with children, 65.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,083 and those without children was $2,333.

Employment status of couple families

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), of couple families with children, 31.2% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - 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 Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), of occupied private dwellings 8.8% had 1 bedroom, 8.8% 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 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 36.8% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 22.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), of all households, 76.9% were family households, 23.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 34.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% 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 Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), 29.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 72 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 Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - Qld), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Spring Creek (Lockyer Valley - 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 $0.