Rapid Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,268 people in Rapid Creek of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Rapid Creek was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.8% of the population.

Of people in Rapid Creek aged 15 years and over, 36.8% were married and 14.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rapid Creek was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Rapid Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rapid Creek was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Rapid Creek 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.1% were in primary school, 12.1% in secondary school and 18.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rapid Creek were Australian 24.1%, English 22.2%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 5.8% and German 2.9%.

In Rapid Creek, 60.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.8%, India 1.8% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Rapid Creek, 52.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 32.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rapid Creek were No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 20.9%, Anglican 9.4%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Buddhism 2.4%.

In Rapid Creek 68.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.6%, Mandarin 1.3%, Indonesian 1.1%, Italian 0.9% and Filipino 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,794 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rapid Creek. Of these 68.2% were employed full time, 22.5% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rapid Creek, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rapid Creek was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Rapid Creek included Professionals 32.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Managers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.2%, Labourers 6.5%, Sales Workers 6.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Rapid Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 9.7%, School Education 7.2%, Hospitals 5.2%, Tertiary Education 3.6% and Public Order and Safety Services 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rapid Creek was $931.

In Rapid Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bicycle 6.2%, Bus 4.4% and Walked only 1.9%. On the day, 5.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rapid Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 6.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.9% 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 Rapid Creek, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rapid Creek, 42.8% were couple families with children, 40.2% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Rapid Creek 22.5% of single parents were male and 77.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rapid Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,804 and those without children was $2,371.

Employment status of couple families

In Rapid Creek, of couple families with children, 34.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rapid Creek, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rapid Creek, 47.3% were separate houses, 23.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 29.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Rapid Creek, of occupied private dwellings 7.7% had 1 bedroom, 35.1% had 2 bedrooms and 33.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rapid Creek, 19.1% were owned outright, 27.2% were owned with a mortgage and 50.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Rapid Creek, of all households, 62.1% were family households, 27.2% were single person households and 10.7% were group households.

In Rapid Creek, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.6% 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 Rapid Creek, 41.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rapid Creek, there were 191 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 91 (or 47.6%) were male and 100 (or 52.4%) were female. The median age was 31 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 Rapid Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,458.

In Rapid 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 $1,517.