Duncraig

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 15,712 people were counted in Duncraig: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig there were 3,125 children aged 0-14 years and 2,865 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 13,959 people were Australian citizens, 4,715 were born overseas and 107 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 57.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.0% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 30.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 67.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Duncraig were England 10.4%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 2.6%, Scotland 1.8% and Malaysia 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Duncraig on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 23.8%, No Religion 18.2%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.3%, Cantonese 0.6%, Greek 0.5%, Mandarin 0.5% and German 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,848 people aged 15 years and over in Duncraig were in the labour force. Of these 57.0% worked full-time, 35.9% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 3,543 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.6%, Associate Professionals 9.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 6.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Duncraig, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.0%, Education 6.9%, Health Services 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 4,544 families were counted: of these, 30.5% were couple families without children, 56.4% were couple families with children, 11.9% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 5,389 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Duncraig, 94.0% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 45.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.8% were being purchased and 11.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Duncraig, 83.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.