Duranbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 262 people in Duranbah of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Duranbah was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Duranbah aged 15 years and over, 39.6% were married and 16.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Duranbah was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Duranbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Duranbah was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Duranbah 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 18.2% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 17.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Duranbah were English 29.9%, Australian 28.3%, Irish 14.6%, Scottish 10.6% and German 3.7%.

In Duranbah, 85.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.3%, Indonesia 1.1%, Scotland 1.1% and United States of America 1.1%.

In Duranbah, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Duranbah were No Religion 29.3%, Catholic 23.2%, Anglican 14.8%, Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7% and Churches of Christ 2.7%.

In Duranbah 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Duranbah. Of these 49.7% were employed full time, 37.6% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Duranbah, 13.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 31.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Duranbah was 50 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Duranbah included Technicians and Trades Workers 22.9%, Professionals 21.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.9%, Managers 13.2%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Duranbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.5%, School Education 5.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 5.5%, Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.1% and Local Government Administration 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Duranbah was $587.

In Duranbah, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.2%, Car, as passenger 5.6%, Walked only 4.2%, Truck 3.5% and Train, car as driver 3.5%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Duranbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.1% provided care for children and 12.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Duranbah, 24.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Duranbah, 53.1% were couple families with children, 31.2% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Duranbah 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Duranbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Duranbah, of couple families with children, 9.3% had both partners employed full-time, 7.4% had both employed part-time and 27.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Duranbah, 91.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duranbah, 90.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 6.3% were other dwellings.

In Duranbah, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.8% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duranbah, 39.4% were owned outright, 20.2% were owned with a mortgage and 37.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Duranbah, of all households, 67.4% were family households, 25.0% were single person households and 7.6% were group households.

In Duranbah, 22.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 Duranbah, 25.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 32.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Duranbah, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 69.2%) were male and 4 (or 30.8%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Duranbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Duranbah, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.