Murphys Creek

19.4% of Murphys Creek's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

170 family households lived in Murphys Creek; 45.9% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.

34.1% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Murphys Creek had 633 residents at the 2021 Census.

23.7% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

32.4% were 55 or older. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Qld.

Separate houses made up 101.0% of occupied private dwellings in Murphys Creek.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.1% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

36.7% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

57.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.

6.1% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

The average household in Murphys Creek had 2.9 people.

One-person households made up 18.4% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

Two-person households represented 28.6%, while 33.2% had four or more usual residents.

11.3% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

67.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Qld rate.

One-car households formed 19.2% of the total.

81.3% of households had two or more vehicles.

72.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 27.4% reported a different address.

10.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Rest of Qld average.

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

1.3% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.1% of Murphys Creek's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 89.9% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.2%.

English ancestry accounted for 38.5% of ancestry responses in Murphys Creek.

Australian ancestry made up 43.4% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.8% of responses.

18.6% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of Qld average.

Managers accounted for 12.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.

Health care and social assistance employed 13.9% of workers, and education and training employed 12.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 55.9%, compared with 59.1% across Rest of Qld.

28.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 18.7% worked part time.

Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 5.2% across Rest of Qld.

51.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

8.5% reported asthma, 9.6% arthritis and 3.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

15.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Qld average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 13.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 41.8%.

Median household income was $1,740 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,517.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $290 per week.

Working from home was 11.3% in Murphys Creek, compared with 10.6% across Rest of Qld.

Outright ownership was 36.7% locally and 33.4% across Rest of Qld. That is somewhat above the Rest of Qld average.

Renting accounted for 6.1% in Murphys Creek, against 32.4% across Rest of Qld.