Pegs Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,878 people in Pegs Creek of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Pegs Creek was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.2% of the population.

Of people in Pegs Creek aged 15 years and over, 44.8% were married and 10.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Pegs Creek was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Pegs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Pegs Creek was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Pegs Creek 35.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.9% were in primary school, 10.2% in secondary school and 8.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Pegs Creek were Australian 26.3%, English 23.3%, Scottish 6.1%, Irish 6.1% and Filipino 2.7%.

In Pegs Creek, 60.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.0%, England 3.7%, Philippines 3.1%, South Africa 1.2% and Scotland 1.0%.

In Pegs Creek, 57.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Pegs Creek were No Religion 24.5%, Catholic 21.8%, Anglican 13.6%, Christian, nfd 3.2% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

In Pegs Creek 72.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 1.7%, Filipino 1.3%, Mandarin 0.5%, Afrikaans 0.4% and Thai 0.4%.

Employment

There were 1,029 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Pegs Creek. Of these 74.6% were employed full time, 14.1% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Pegs Creek, 5.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 2.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Pegs Creek was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Pegs Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 23.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Professionals 14.5%, Managers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.1%, Labourers 10.2%, Sales Workers 7.2% and Community and Personal Service Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Pegs Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 7.7%, School Education 6.9%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.7%, Building Installation Services 3.3% and Oil and Gas Extraction 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Pegs Creek was $1,363.

In Pegs Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 13.1%, Bus 4.4%, Walked only 2.9% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Pegs Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 4.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.9% 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 Pegs Creek, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Pegs Creek, 49.8% were couple families with children, 39.6% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Pegs Creek 30.6% of single parents were male and 69.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Pegs Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,341 and those without children was $3,379.

Employment status of couple families

In Pegs Creek, of couple families with children, 41.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 18.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Pegs Creek, 86.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Pegs Creek, 70.5% were separate houses, 29.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Pegs Creek, of occupied private dwellings 1.8% had 1 bedroom, 12.1% had 2 bedrooms and 50.9% 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 Pegs Creek, 7.6% were owned outright, 17.2% were owned with a mortgage and 69.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Pegs Creek, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 7.0% were group households.

In Pegs Creek, 5.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 43.1% 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 Pegs Creek, 22.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Pegs Creek, there were 113 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 50 (or 44.2%) were male and 63 (or 55.8%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Pegs Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,125.

In Pegs Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.