Doonside

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,652 people were counted in Doonside: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 4.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside there were 3,647 children aged 0-14 years and 1,937 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 11,758 people were Australian citizens, 4,811 were born overseas and 67 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 49.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.8% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 34.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 59.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Doonside were Philippines 6.3%, Fiji 2.6%, New Zealand 2.3%, England 2.3% and India 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Doonside on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 37.2%, Anglican 17.7%, No Religion 8.1%, Islam 4.2% and Orthodox 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Tagalog (Filipino) 5.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.0%, Hindi 2.7%, Maltese 1.5% and Spanish 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 62.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,854 people aged 15 years and over in Doonside were in the labour force. Of these 62.9% worked full-time, 23.6% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.7% were unemployed. 3,808 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Professionals 5.7%, Associate Professionals 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 1.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Doonside, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.2%, Health Services 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Food Retailing 2.9% and Construction Trade Services 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 3,588 families were counted: of these, 21.1% were couple families without children, 53.0% were couple families with children, 24.1% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 4,227 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Doonside, 93.0% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 26.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.8% were being purchased and 38.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 20.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 65.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 11.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Doonside, 82.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.