Doomadgee

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,111 people were counted in Doomadgee: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 88.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee there were 405 children aged 0-14 years and 60 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, 1,069 people were Australian citizens, 13 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, 28.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 3.0% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 63.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, 95.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Doomadgee were Papua New Guinea 0.4%, New Zealand 0.3% and England 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Doomadgee on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.0%, Brethren 21.3%, Baptist 18.8%, Uniting Church 17.7% and Catholic 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, the most common response for languages other than English spoken at home was Karrwa (Garrwa, Garawa) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 378 people aged 15 years and over in Doomadgee were in the labour force. Of these 29.9% worked full-time, 61.6% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.9% were unemployed. 299 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 28.8%, Professionals 4.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.7%, Associate Professionals 3.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.0% and Managers and Administrators 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Doomadgee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 35.7%, Education 3.9%, Health Services 2.4%, Other Services 1.7% and Food Retailing 1.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, 218 families were counted: of these, 17.4% were couple families without children, 56.9% were couple families with children, 23.9% 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 Doomadgee, 174 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Doomadgee, 96.6% were separate houses, 0.0% 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 Doomadgee, 1.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 0.0% were being purchased and 83.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 98.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Doomadgee, 82.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 5.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.