Douglas Park (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 827 people were counted in Douglas Park (L): of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L) there were 204 children aged 0-14 years and 120 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 787 people were Australian citizens, 117 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 64.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 1.4% were widowed and 26.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 83.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Douglas Park (L) were England 5.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, Italy 1.0%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Douglas Park (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 38.3%, Catholic 29.0%, No Religion 12.2%, Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.5%, Slovene 1.0%, Assyrian (incl. Aramaic) 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.5% and Greek 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 463 people aged 15 years and over in Douglas Park (L) were in the labour force. Of these 62.6% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 4.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.2% were unemployed. 160 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Managers and Administrators 6.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Douglas Park (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.9%, Construction Trade Services 5.2%, Business Services 5.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 234 families were counted: of these, 31.2% were couple families without children, 62.0% were couple families with children, 5.6% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 256 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Douglas Park (L), 95.3% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 40.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 45.3% were being purchased and 9.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Douglas Park (L), 89.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.2% were group households.