Darling Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,919 people in Darling Point of these 45.6% were male and 54.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Darling Point was 47 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.5% of the population.

Of people in Darling Point aged 15 years and over, 40.9% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darling Point was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Darling Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 39.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darling Point was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Darling Point 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.5% were in primary school, 9.0% in secondary school and 20.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darling Point were English 24.9%, Australian 16.1%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.8% and German 3.5%.

In Darling Point, 56.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.5%, New Zealand 3.5%, South Africa 3.0%, United States of America 2.1% and Hungary 1.3%.

In Darling Point, 40.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 44.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darling Point were Anglican 21.1%, Catholic 20.7%, No Religion 20.3%, Judaism 11.2% and Eastern Orthodox 2.7%.

In Darling Point 76.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Cantonese 1.8%, Hungarian 1.3%, French 1.0%, German 0.9% and Mandarin 0.9%.

Employment

There were 2,063 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darling Point. Of these 66.9% were employed full time, 24.0% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darling Point, 9.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darling Point was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 55 years.

The most common occupations in Darling Point included Professionals 43.0%, Managers 23.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 3.8%, Labourers 1.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.2%.

Of the employed people in Darling Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 6.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 6.3%, Depository Financial Intermediation 4.4%, Management and Related Consulting Services 3.4% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darling Point was $1,353.

In Darling Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 35.8%, Train 16.0%, Walked only 8.4%, Bus 5.5% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. On the day, 27.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 40.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darling Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.9% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Darling Point, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darling Point, 26.8% were couple families with children, 60.9% were couple families without children and 9.9% were one parent families.

In Darling Point 25.8% of single parents were male and 74.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darling Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,783 and those without children was $3,466.

Employment status of couple families

In Darling Point, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darling Point, 80.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Point, 7.2% were separate houses, 10.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 82.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Darling Point, of occupied private dwellings 13.0% had 1 bedroom, 44.3% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Point, 42.1% were owned outright, 17.0% were owned with a mortgage and 36.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Darling Point, of all households, 50.6% were family households, 43.0% were single person households and 6.3% were group households.

In Darling Point, 12.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 28.8% 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 Darling Point, 51.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darling Point, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Darling Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Darling Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $875 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,700.