Murphys Creek (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 227 people in Murphys Creek (L) of these 45.4% were male and 54.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Murphys Creek (L) was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Murphys Creek (L) aged 15 years and over, 56.1% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Murphys Creek (L) was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Murphys Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Murphys Creek (L) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Murphys Creek (L) 35.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 26.8% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Murphys Creek (L) were Australian 33.8%, English 25.4%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 7.1% and German 4.5%.

In Murphys Creek (L), 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 6.6%, New Zealand 3.9% and Papua New Guinea 1.8%.

In Murphys Creek (L), 76.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Murphys Creek (L) were Anglican 18.9%, No Religion 17.5%, Catholic 14.5%, Christian, nfd 11.0% and Uniting Church 8.8%.

In Murphys Creek (L) 93.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Murphys Creek (L). Of these 50.5% were employed full time, 32.6% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Murphys Creek (L), 8.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Murphys Creek (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 33 years.

The most common occupations in Murphys Creek (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.6%, Sales Workers 17.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.1%, Professionals 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Labourers 8.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1% and Managers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Murphys Creek (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.4%, Other Food Product Manufacturing 3.4% and Textile Product Manufacturing 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Murphys Creek (L) was $473.

In Murphys Creek (L), on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 71.8%, Car, as passenger 8.2%, Truck 3.5% and Walked only 3.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 82.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Murphys Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 13.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.5% 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 Murphys Creek (L), 24.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Murphys Creek (L), 46.6% were couple families with children, 29.3% were couple families without children and 19.0% were one parent families.

In Murphys Creek (L) 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Murphys Creek (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Murphys Creek (L), of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Murphys Creek (L), 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murphys Creek (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Murphys Creek (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.1% had 2 bedrooms and 48.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Murphys Creek (L), 26.6% were owned outright, 67.2% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Murphys Creek (L), of all households, 85.9% were family households, 7.8% were single person households and 6.2% were group households.

In Murphys Creek (L), 15.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.0% 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 Murphys Creek (L), 15.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Murphys Creek (L), there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Murphys Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Murphys Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $600.