Sulphur Creek (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 503 people in Sulphur Creek (L) of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Sulphur Creek (L) was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.7% of the population.

Of people in Sulphur Creek (L) aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Sulphur Creek (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Sulphur Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Sulphur Creek (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Sulphur Creek (L) 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 30.9% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Sulphur Creek (L) were Australian 39.0%, English 36.9%, Irish 5.6%, Scottish 5.4% and Dutch 2.6%.

In Sulphur Creek (L), 88.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Canada 0.6%.

In Sulphur Creek (L), 84.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Sulphur Creek (L) were No Religion 25.8%, Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 17.9%, Uniting Church 11.1% and Christian, nfd 5.8%.

In Sulphur Creek (L) 95.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Mandarin 0.6%.

Employment

There were 244 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Sulphur Creek (L). Of these 56.1% were employed full time, 32.8% were employed part-time and 4.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Sulphur Creek (L), 13.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Sulphur Creek (L) was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Sulphur Creek (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Managers 13.9%, Professionals 13.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Labourers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Sulphur Creek (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.5%, School Education 6.5%, Road Freight Transport 4.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.3% and Metal Ore Mining 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Sulphur Creek (L) was $516.

In Sulphur Creek (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.7%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Bicycle 1.7%, Walked only 1.7% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 1.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Sulphur Creek (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 23.9% 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 Sulphur Creek (L), 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Sulphur Creek (L), 46.9% were couple families with children, 41.5% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Sulphur Creek (L) 23.5% of single parents were male and 76.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Sulphur Creek (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,100 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Sulphur Creek (L), of couple families with children, 17.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 25.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Sulphur Creek (L), 92.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sulphur Creek (L), 98.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Sulphur Creek (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.4% had 2 bedrooms and 62.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Sulphur Creek (L), 42.8% were owned outright, 40.6% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Sulphur Creek (L), of all households, 78.0% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Sulphur Creek (L), 25.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.1% 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 Sulphur Creek (L), 32.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Sulphur Creek (L), there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 57.6%) were male and 14 (or 42.4%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Sulphur Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

In Sulphur Creek (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,004.