Castle Doyle

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 457 people in Castle Doyle of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Castle Doyle was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Castle Doyle aged 15 years and over, 64.8% were married and 7.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Castle Doyle was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Castle Doyle, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Castle Doyle was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Castle Doyle 34.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.9% were in primary school, 31.4% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Castle Doyle were Australian 34.3%, English 30.4%, Scottish 9.5%, Irish 9.2% and German 5.1%.

In Castle Doyle, 90.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Canada 0.9%, England 0.7%, France 0.7%, Germany 0.7% and Indonesia 0.7%.

In Castle Doyle, 81.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Castle Doyle were Anglican 38.4%, Catholic 26.1%, No Religion 13.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 7.7% and Christian, nfd 1.3%.

In Castle Doyle 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.5%, Afrikaans 1.3%, French 0.7% and Thai 0.7%.

Employment

There were 262 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Castle Doyle. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Castle Doyle, 13.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Castle Doyle was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Castle Doyle included Managers 20.7%, Professionals 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Sales Workers 8.6%, Labourers 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.5%.

Of the employed people in Castle Doyle, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 11.7%, Tertiary Education 8.2%, School Education 6.6%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9% and Hospitals 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Castle Doyle was $622.

In Castle Doyle, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.6%, Car, as passenger 3.9%, Walked only 2.7% and Truck 1.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Castle Doyle, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.7% 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 Castle Doyle, 29.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Castle Doyle, 50.4% were couple families with children, 42.5% were couple families without children and 7.1% were one parent families.

In Castle Doyle 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Castle Doyle, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,333 and those without children was $1,799.

Employment status of couple families

In Castle Doyle, of couple families with children, 27.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 33.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Castle Doyle, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Doyle, 100.0% 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.

In Castle Doyle, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 1.9% had 2 bedrooms and 44.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Doyle, 48.1% were owned outright, 33.8% were owned with a mortgage and 15.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Castle Doyle, of all households, 81.1% were family households, 16.4% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Castle Doyle, 17.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.8% 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 Castle Doyle, 17.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 33.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Castle Doyle, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 28.6%) were male and 10 (or 71.4%) were female. The median age was 12 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 Castle Doyle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,750.

In Castle Doyle, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,257.