Crystal Brook

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,278 people in Crystal Brook of these 46.9% were male and 53.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Crystal Brook was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 27.8% of the population.

Of people in Crystal Brook aged 15 years and over, 53.7% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Crystal Brook was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Crystal Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Crystal Brook was 59 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Crystal Brook 24.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.5% were in primary school, 24.4% in secondary school and 9.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Crystal Brook were Australian 38.6%, English 29.2%, Irish 8.2%, German 7.6% and Scottish 6.5%.

In Crystal Brook, 88.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, Netherlands 1.3%, New Zealand 0.6%, Germany 0.3% and India 0.2%.

In Crystal Brook, 82.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Crystal Brook were Catholic 23.4%, No Religion 21.6%, Uniting Church 20.7%, Anglican 13.1% and Lutheran 6.2%.

In Crystal Brook 96.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.2%, Dutch 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Serbo-Croatian/Yugoslavian, so described 0.2% and Czechoslovakian, so described 0.2%.

Employment

There were 497 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Crystal Brook. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 34.6% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Crystal Brook, 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Crystal Brook was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Crystal Brook included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.2%, Professionals 14.5%, Managers 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Labourers 11.8%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Crystal Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Residential Care Services 6.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.6%, Water Supply, Sewerage and Drainage Services 3.6% and State Government Administration 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Crystal Brook was $420.

In Crystal Brook, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.0%, Walked only 7.6%, Car, as passenger 3.2%, Truck 1.9% and Other 1.5%. On the day, 0.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Crystal Brook, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.2% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.3% 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 Crystal Brook, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Crystal Brook, 30.1% were couple families with children, 56.7% were couple families without children and 12.4% were one parent families.

In Crystal Brook 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Crystal Brook, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,012 and those without children was $1,542.

Employment status of couple families

In Crystal Brook, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Crystal Brook, 86.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crystal Brook, 95.7% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

In Crystal Brook, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 17.0% had 2 bedrooms and 57.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Crystal Brook, 45.9% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 22.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Crystal Brook, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 32.0% were single person households and 0.7% were group households.

In Crystal Brook, 41.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.3% 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 Crystal Brook, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Crystal Brook, there were 36 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 52.8%) were male and 17 (or 47.2%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Crystal Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $433.

In Crystal Brook, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $105 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,088.