Bakers Creek (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 468 people in Bakers Creek (L) of these 56.6% were male and 43.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Bakers Creek (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Bakers Creek (L) aged 15 years and over, 43.5% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Bakers Creek (L) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Bakers Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Bakers Creek (L) was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Bakers Creek (L) 27.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.2% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 7.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Bakers Creek (L) were Australian 29.2%, English 27.4%, Irish 6.2%, Scottish 6.1% and German 5.0%.

In Bakers Creek (L), 81.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, Philippines 2.1%, Scotland 1.7%, England 0.8% and Germany 0.6%.

In Bakers Creek (L), 77.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Bakers Creek (L) were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 23.7%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0%.

In Bakers Creek (L) 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 1.1%, Spanish 0.8%, Tagalog 0.8% and Samoan 0.6%.

Employment

There were 251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Bakers Creek (L). Of these 70.1% were employed full time, 19.9% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Bakers Creek (L), 9.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Bakers Creek (L) was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Bakers Creek (L) included Machinery Operators And Drivers 21.1%, Labourers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Sales Workers 10.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Professionals 6.5% and Managers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Bakers Creek (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.9%, Road Freight Transport 6.5%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 4.5%, Residential Building Construction 3.7% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Bakers Creek (L) was $676.

In Bakers Creek (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Walked only 7.8%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Bus 2.9% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.6%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Bakers Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.3% provided care for children and 10.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.4% 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 Bakers Creek (L), 23.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Bakers Creek (L), 56.9% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 11.9% were one parent families.

In Bakers Creek (L) 21.4% of single parents were male and 78.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Bakers Creek (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,050 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Bakers Creek (L), of couple families with children, 27.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 20.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Bakers Creek (L), 89.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Creek (L), 87.2% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.8% were other dwellings.

In Bakers Creek (L), of occupied private dwellings 12.1% had 1 bedroom, 11.5% had 2 bedrooms and 43.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Bakers Creek (L), 31.0% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 27.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Bakers Creek (L), of all households, 69.6% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 3.8% were group households.

In Bakers Creek (L), 20.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.4% 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 Bakers Creek (L), 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Bakers Creek (L), there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 40.5%) were male and 22 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Bakers Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Bakers Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $240 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.