Mountain Creek Demographics (QLD) Local Stats

Mountain Creek (4557) is a suburb of South Eastern, Sunshine Coast, Queensland. It is about 86 kms from QLD's capital city of Brisbane. Mountain Creek is in the federal electorate of Fairfax.

In the 2011 census the population of Mountain Creek was 7,015 and is comprised of approximately 50.7% females and 49.3% males.

The median/average age of the population of Mountain Creek is 35 years of age.

73.0% of people living in the suburb of Mountain Creek were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 7.7% England, 7.5% New Zealand, 1.3% South Africa, 0.7% Scotland, 0.6% United States of America, 0.4% Germany, 0.3% Wales, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Philippines, 0.2% Zimbabwe, 0.2% China , 0.2% Canada, 0.2% Ireland, 0.2% Vietnam.

92.7% of people living in Mountain Creek speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.4% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.9% Other, 0.5% French, 0.3% Spanish, 0.3% German, 0.2% Cantonese, 0.2% Greek, 0.2% Italian, 0.2% Vietnamese.

The religious makeup of Mountain Creek is 26.8% No religion, 21.9% Anglican, 20.7% Catholic, 7.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.7% Uniting Church, 3.7% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.2% Christian, nfd, 2.5% Baptist, 2.0% Lutheran, 1.2% Pentecostal.

50.6% of people are married, 34.0% have never married and 9.3% are divorced and 3.4% are separated. There are 154 widowed people living in Mountain Creek.

55.2% of the people living in Mountain Creek over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 32.6% are working on a part time basis. Mountain Creek has an unemployment rate of 6.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Mountain Creek are 17.5% Technicians & trades workers, 16.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 15.4% Professionals, 14.0% Sales workers, 10.8% Managers, 10.1% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Labourers, 5.0% Machinery operators & drivers, 1.7% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Mountain Creek work in are 15.0% Retail trade, 11.9% Construction, 11.7% Health care and social assistance, 8.4% Accommodation and food services, 7.3% Education and training, 6.7% Manufacturing, 5.1% Professional, scientific and technical services, 4.7% Public administration and safety, 4.5% Financial and insurance services.

23.7% of homes are fully owned, and 43.8% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 30.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $607 per week and the median household income is $1345 per week.

The median rent in Mountain Creek is $390 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $2007 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Mountain Creek postcode 4557