Garden Island Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 281 people in Garden Island Creek of these 52.0% were male and 48.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 9.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Garden Island Creek was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.0% of the population.

Of people in Garden Island Creek aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Garden Island Creek was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Garden Island Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Garden Island Creek was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Garden Island Creek 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.7% were in primary school, 26.6% in secondary school and 6.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Garden Island Creek were English 33.0%, Australian 30.4%, Irish 11.4%, Scottish 7.0% and German 3.4%.

In Garden Island Creek, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 11.7%, Germany 1.4%, France 1.1%, Ireland 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Garden Island Creek, 67.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Garden Island Creek were No Religion 37.9%, Anglican 20.9%, Catholic 13.8%, Christian, nfd 7.1% and Uniting Church 1.8%.

In Garden Island Creek 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.1%, French 1.1% and Turkish 1.1%.

Employment

There were 85 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Garden Island Creek. Of these 43.5% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Garden Island Creek, 16.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Garden Island Creek was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Garden Island Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.8%, Labourers 16.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.5%, Professionals 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Managers 7.7%.

Of the employed people in Garden Island Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 12.8%, School Education 9.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 9.0%, Furniture, Floor Coverings, Houseware and Textile Goods Retailing 6.4% and Road Passenger Transport 6.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Garden Island Creek was $354.

In Garden Island Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.6% and Car, as passenger 7.8%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Garden Island Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 17.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.0% 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 Garden Island Creek, 30.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Garden Island Creek, 21.0% were couple families with children, 61.7% were couple families without children and 17.3% were one parent families.

In Garden Island Creek 20.0% of single parents were male and 80.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Garden Island Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Garden Island Creek, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Garden Island Creek, 43.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 56.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garden Island Creek, 95.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Garden Island Creek, of occupied private dwellings 4.7% had 1 bedroom, 31.5% had 2 bedrooms and 46.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Garden Island Creek, 48.4% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Garden Island Creek, of all households, 63.3% were family households, 34.4% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Garden Island Creek, 54.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Garden Island Creek, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Garden Island Creek, there were 28 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 60.7%) were male and 11 (or 39.3%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Garden Island Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Garden Island Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $559.