Duns Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 491 people in Duns Creek of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Duns Creek was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Duns Creek aged 15 years and over, 63.0% were married and 8.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Duns Creek was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Duns Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Duns Creek was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Duns Creek 29.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 27.0% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Duns Creek were English 34.5%, Australian 31.5%, Irish 10.3%, Scottish 8.9% and German 3.6%.

In Duns Creek, 89.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Chile 0.6%, France 0.6%, Germany 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

In Duns Creek, 76.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Duns Creek were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 27.3%, No Religion 21.2%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.9%.

In Duns Creek 96.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was French 1.4%.

Employment

There were 251 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Duns Creek. Of these 55.4% were employed full time, 35.9% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Duns Creek, 12.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Duns Creek was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Duns Creek included Professionals 19.1%, Managers 15.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.0%, Labourers 10.0%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2%.

Of the employed people in Duns Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 4.2%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.2% and Hospitals 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Duns Creek was $582.

In Duns Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 73.9%, Truck 4.2%, Car, as passenger 2.5% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.3%. On the day, 1.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Duns Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.1% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Duns Creek, 26.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Duns Creek, 48.6% were couple families with children, 41.0% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Duns Creek 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Duns Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,049 and those without children was $1,549.

Employment status of couple families

In Duns Creek, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Duns Creek, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duns Creek, 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 Duns Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 4.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duns Creek, 41.1% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Duns Creek, of all households, 91.6% were family households, 8.4% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Duns Creek, 15.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 15.1% 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 Duns Creek, 13.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Duns Creek, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 38.5%) were male and 8 (or 61.5%) 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 Duns Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,583.

In Duns Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.