Darkes Forest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 260 people in Darkes Forest of these 59.2% were male and 40.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Darkes Forest was 64 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 9.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 47.7% of the population.

Of people in Darkes Forest aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darkes Forest was 66 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Darkes Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darkes Forest was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Darkes Forest 20.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.5% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darkes Forest were Australian 26.1%, English 25.5%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 4.8% and German 4.2%.

In Darkes Forest, 73.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, New Zealand 2.7%, Germany 2.3%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.5% and Ireland 1.5%.

In Darkes Forest, 63.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 26.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darkes Forest were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Darkes Forest 81.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.9%, Greek 1.5%, Dutch 1.2%, Spanish 1.2% and Italian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 81 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darkes Forest. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darkes Forest, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darkes Forest was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Darkes Forest included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 14.1%, Professionals 14.1%, Sales Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.1% and Labourers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Darkes Forest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 10.4%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 6.5%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.5%, Hospitals 6.5% and Coal Mining 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darkes Forest was $383.

In Darkes Forest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.0%, Truck 10.3%, Train, car as driver 5.1%, Walked only 5.1% and Train 3.8%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 39.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darkes Forest, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.5% provided care for children and 3.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.7% 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 Darkes Forest, 12.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darkes Forest, 48.5% were couple families with children, 30.3% were couple families without children and 21.2% were one parent families.

In Darkes Forest 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darkes Forest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,562 and those without children was $4,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Darkes Forest, of couple families with children, 30.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 19.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darkes Forest, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darkes Forest, 94.4% were separate houses, 5.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Darkes Forest, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 28.3% had 2 bedrooms and 30.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darkes Forest, 27.8% were owned outright, 18.5% were owned with a mortgage and 40.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Darkes Forest, of all households, 61.1% were family households, 31.5% were single person households and 7.4% were group households.

In Darkes Forest, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.7% 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 Darkes Forest, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 34.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darkes Forest, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Darkes Forest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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