Currie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,092 people in Currie of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Currie was 45 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.6% of the population.

Of people in Currie aged 15 years and over, 43.6% were married and 14.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Currie was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Currie, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Currie was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Currie 19.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 19.9% in secondary school and 10.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Currie were Australian 32.3%, English 31.7%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.5% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Currie, 82.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 2.4%, Philippines 1.0%, Korea, Republic of (South) 0.9% and Netherlands 0.9%.

In Currie, 72.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Currie were No Religion 33.1%, Anglican 22.2%, Catholic 19.4%, Uniting Church 9.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.4%.

In Currie 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 0.9%, Burmese 0.7%, Filipino 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.5% and Indonesian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 614 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Currie. Of these 63.4% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Currie, 6.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Currie was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Currie included Labourers 31.5%, Managers 20.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Professionals 8.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%, Sales Workers 4.9% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Currie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.8%, Dairy Product Manufacturing 10.8%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.1%, Local Government Administration 5.6% and Fishing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Currie was $632.

In Currie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.1%, Walked only 7.9%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 1.9% and Motorbike/scooter 1.0%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Currie, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.9% provided care for children and 9.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 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 Currie, 27.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Currie, 32.3% were couple families with children, 53.6% were couple families without children and 13.1% were one parent families.

In Currie 23.3% of single parents were male and 76.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Currie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,611 and those without children was $1,802.

Employment status of couple families

In Currie, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% 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 Currie, 83.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 16.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currie, 96.1% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Currie, of occupied private dwellings 6.4% had 1 bedroom, 18.4% had 2 bedrooms and 54.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Currie, 35.6% were owned outright, 23.2% were owned with a mortgage and 35.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Currie, of all households, 60.8% were family households, 36.1% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Currie, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 Currie, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Currie, there were 27 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 70.4%) were male and 8 (or 29.6%) 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 Currie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Currie, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $90 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.