Daruka

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 817 people in Daruka of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Daruka was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Daruka aged 15 years and over, 68.7% were married and 6.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daruka was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Daruka, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daruka was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Daruka 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.4% were in primary school, 25.6% in secondary school and 14.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daruka were Australian 38.2%, English 31.5%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.2% and German 2.5%.

In Daruka, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Croatia 0.4%, Lithuania 0.4%, Netherlands 0.4% and New Zealand 0.4%.

In Daruka, 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daruka were Anglican 42.2%, Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 10.4%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Daruka 94.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Serbian 0.6%.

Employment

There were 468 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daruka. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 28.4% were employed part-time and 2.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daruka, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daruka was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Daruka included Professionals 22.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.8%, Managers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Labourers 6.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Daruka, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.2%, Hospitals 4.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.3%, Road Freight Transport 3.3% and Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daruka was $760.

In Daruka, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 78.1%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Truck 3.1%, Walked only 0.9% and Motorbike/scooter 0.7%. 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 82.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daruka, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.8% 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 Daruka, 29.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daruka, 54.7% were couple families with children, 39.0% were couple families without children and 6.4% were one parent families.

In Daruka 42.9% of single parents were male and 57.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daruka, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,408 and those without children was $2,031.

Employment status of couple families

In Daruka, of couple families with children, 29.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.1% had both employed part-time and 29.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daruka, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daruka, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

In Daruka, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.7% had 2 bedrooms and 20.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daruka, 35.1% were owned outright, 57.1% were owned with a mortgage and 6.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Daruka, of all households, 89.9% were family households, 8.9% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Daruka, 8.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 20.4% 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 Daruka, 11.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daruka, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 35.0%) were male and 13 (or 65.0%) were female. The median age was 16 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 Daruka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,750.

In Daruka, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,767.