Darbys Falls

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 316 people in Darbys Falls of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Darbys Falls was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Darbys Falls aged 15 years and over, 61.3% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darbys Falls was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Darbys Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darbys Falls was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Darbys Falls 24.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.4% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 17.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darbys Falls were English 28.3%, Australian 27.2%, Irish 14.1%, Scottish 9.1% and German 3.0%.

In Darbys Falls, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.6%, Ireland 1.3% and Belgium 0.9%.

In Darbys Falls, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darbys Falls were Anglican 37.1%, Catholic 28.3%, No Religion 12.3%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 3.5%.

In Darbys Falls 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 0.9%.

Employment

There were 168 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darbys Falls. Of these 51.8% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darbys Falls, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darbys Falls was 56 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Darbys Falls included Managers 26.6%, Labourers 15.6%, Professionals 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.7%, Sales Workers 7.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Darbys Falls, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, School Education 3.9%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 2.6% and Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darbys Falls was $402.

In Darbys Falls, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 63.2%, Walked only 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.3% and Bus 2.6%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darbys Falls, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 13.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Darbys Falls, 28.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darbys Falls, 32.3% were couple families with children, 58.1% were couple families without children and 9.7% were one parent families.

In Darbys Falls 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darbys Falls, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,325.

Employment status of couple families

In Darbys Falls, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 27.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darbys Falls, 73.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darbys Falls, 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 Darbys Falls, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darbys Falls, 52.8% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 10.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Darbys Falls, of all households, 74.0% were family households, 26.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Darbys Falls, 40.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Darbys Falls, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 31.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darbys Falls, there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 5 (or 100.0%) 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 Darbys Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Darbys Falls, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $329.