Currency Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 398 people in Currency Creek of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Currency Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Currency Creek aged 15 years and over, 53.6% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Currency Creek was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Currency Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Currency Creek was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Currency Creek 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 32.0% in secondary school and 16.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Currency Creek were Australian 36.3%, English 33.2%, Scottish 8.3%, German 5.2% and Irish 4.7%.

In Currency Creek, 83.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.0%, Greece 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Papua New Guinea 0.8% and Poland 0.8%.

In Currency Creek, 72.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Currency Creek were No Religion 36.8%, Uniting Church 13.9%, Anglican 11.1%, Catholic 8.6% and Other Christian 4.0%.

In Currency Creek 94.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.0% and Greek 1.0%.

Employment

There were 216 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Currency Creek. Of these 49.5% were employed full time, 41.2% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Currency Creek, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Currency Creek was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Currency Creek included Managers 24.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 12.2%, Professionals 10.3%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.5%.

Of the employed people in Currency Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.9%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.2%, Beverage Manufacturing 4.2%, Residential Care Services 3.3% and Building Installation Services 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Currency Creek was $495.

In Currency Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Walked only 2.8%, Other 2.4% and Truck 1.9%. 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 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Currency Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 83.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.6% provided care for children and 12.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.5% 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 Currency Creek, 32.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Currency Creek, 53.0% were couple families with children, 39.1% were couple families without children and 7.8% were one parent families.

In Currency Creek 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Currency Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,613 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Currency Creek, of couple families with children, 15.1% had both partners employed full-time, 6.6% had both employed part-time and 31.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Currency Creek, 85.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currency Creek, 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 Currency Creek, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 41.4% 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 Currency Creek, 38.4% were owned outright, 44.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Currency Creek, of all households, 79.6% were family households, 17.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Currency Creek, 22.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Currency Creek, 13.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 43.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Currency Creek, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Currency Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Currency 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 $0.