Mahogany Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 831 people in Mahogany Creek of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Mahogany Creek was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Mahogany Creek aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mahogany Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Mahogany Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mahogany Creek was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Mahogany Creek 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.2% were in primary school, 25.1% in secondary school and 20.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mahogany Creek were English 34.2%, Australian 25.5%, Scottish 9.8%, Irish 6.9% and German 2.8%.

In Mahogany Creek, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, Scotland 1.7%, Ireland 1.0% and Germany 0.8%.

In Mahogany Creek, 46.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 34.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mahogany Creek were No Religion 24.5%, Anglican 22.7%, Catholic 16.7%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 5.2%.

In Mahogany Creek 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.6%, French 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Arabic 0.4%.

Employment

There were 435 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mahogany Creek. Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 35.2% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mahogany Creek, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mahogany Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mahogany Creek included Professionals 21.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 21.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.2%, Managers 10.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.5%, Labourers 7.6%, Sales Workers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Mahogany Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.5%, School Education 5.3%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.3%, Tertiary Education 3.1% and Allied Health Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mahogany Creek was $680.

In Mahogany Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Train, car as driver 3.3%, Walked only 2.4% and Other 2.2%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mahogany Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.6% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Mahogany Creek, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mahogany Creek, 45.7% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 12.3% were one parent families.

In Mahogany Creek 17.2% of single parents were male and 82.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mahogany Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,769 and those without children was $2,159.

Employment status of couple families

In Mahogany Creek, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mahogany Creek, 92.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mahogany Creek, 94.3% were separate houses, 5.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mahogany Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.7% had 2 bedrooms and 35.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mahogany Creek, 44.5% were owned outright, 45.9% were owned with a mortgage and 7.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Mahogany Creek, of all households, 82.3% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 1.4% were group households.

In Mahogany Creek, 17.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.2% 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 Mahogany Creek, 22.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mahogany Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Mahogany Creek, 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 Mahogany 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.