Doyalson North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 403 people in Doyalson North of these 44.7% were male and 55.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Doyalson North was 70 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 4.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 67.3% of the population.

Of people in Doyalson North aged 15 years and over, 54.5% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Doyalson North was 72 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Doyalson North, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Doyalson North was 72 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 66 years.

In Doyalson North 17.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 5.6% were in primary school, 9.9% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Doyalson North were English 38.6%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 7.4%, Irish 6.8% and Italian 3.5%.

In Doyalson North, 68.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 14.0%, New Zealand 2.2%, Netherlands 1.5%, Scotland 1.5% and United States of America 1.5%.

In Doyalson North, 59.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 30.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Doyalson North were Anglican 34.8%, Catholic 23.9%, No Religion 10.4%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.0% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

In Doyalson North 91.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 0.7% and Italian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 56 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Doyalson North. Of these 44.6% were employed full time, 42.9% were employed part-time and 7.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Doyalson North, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Doyalson North was 57 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Doyalson North included Professionals 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.6%, Managers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 11.8%, Sales Workers 7.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9%.

Of the employed people in Doyalson North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 5.6%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 5.6%, Electricity Generation 5.6%, Residential Building Construction 5.6% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 5.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Doyalson North was $330.

In Doyalson North, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.0% and Walked only 28.0%. 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 60.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Doyalson North, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 9.8% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.1% 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 Doyalson North, 18.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Doyalson North, 5.0% were couple families with children, 87.4% were couple families without children and 7.6% were one parent families.

In Doyalson North 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Doyalson North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $2,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Doyalson North, of couple families with children, 0.0% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 6.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Doyalson North, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doyalson North, 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 Doyalson North, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 64.4% had 2 bedrooms and 19.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doyalson North, 79.2% were owned outright, 1.3% were owned with a mortgage and 11.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Doyalson North, of all households, 50.2% were family households, 47.2% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Doyalson North, 67.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.9% 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 Doyalson North, 66.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 8.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Doyalson North, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Doyalson North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $483.

In Doyalson North, 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.