Daly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 9,444 people in Daly of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 42.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Daly was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.2% of the population.

Of people in Daly aged 15 years and over, 39.2% were married and 13.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daly was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Daly, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daly was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Daly 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.3% were in primary school, 17.5% in secondary school and 7.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daly were Australian Aboriginal 31.1%, Australian 21.4%, English 15.7%, Irish 5.3% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Daly, 81.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Vietnam 0.7%, Philippines 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

In Daly, 81.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daly were Catholic 43.2%, No Religion 19.9%, Anglican 9.0%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.5%.

In Daly 56.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Murrinh Patha 24.5%, Kriol 3.1%, Vietnamese 1.1%, Ngan'gikurunggurr 1.0% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.3%.

Employment

There were 3,629 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daly. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 21.9% were employed part-time and 9.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daly, 7.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daly was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Daly included Labourers 16.2%, Professionals 16.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.0%, Managers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.5% and Sales Workers 4.6%.

Of the employed people in Daly, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.4%, Local Government Administration 7.0%, Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 5.0%, State Government Administration 4.0% and Accommodation 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daly was $386.

In Daly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 42.5%, Walked only 22.2%, Car, as passenger 6.2%, Bus 1.8% and Truck 1.7%. On the day, 5.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daly, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 36.0% provided care for children and 9.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.5% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Daly, 22.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daly, 45.8% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 19.3% were one parent families.

In Daly 22.3% of single parents were male and 77.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,031 and those without children was $1,914.

Employment status of couple families

In Daly, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 11.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daly, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daly, 84.2% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 12.1% were other dwellings.

In Daly, of occupied private dwellings 15.7% had 1 bedroom, 27.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daly, 26.1% were owned outright, 27.6% were owned with a mortgage and 40.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Daly, of all households, 70.5% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Daly, 29.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Daly, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daly, there were 4,042 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,999 (or 49.5%) were male and 2,043 (or 50.5%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Daly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $832.

In Daly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $60 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,463.