Castle Donnington

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 174 people in Castle Donnington of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Castle Donnington was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.8% of the population.

Of people in Castle Donnington aged 15 years and over, 62.5% were married and 7.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Castle Donnington was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Castle Donnington, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Castle Donnington was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 55 years.

In Castle Donnington 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.7% were in primary school, 40.8% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Castle Donnington were Australian 32.4%, English 22.7%, Scottish 10.9%, Irish 10.2% and Italian 9.0%.

In Castle Donnington, 92.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7% and Scotland 1.7%.

In Castle Donnington, 86.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Castle Donnington were Catholic 37.9%, Uniting Church 18.4%, No Religion 14.4%, Anglican 12.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.7%.

In Castle Donnington 89.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 4.0% and Maltese 2.3%.

Employment

There were 101 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Castle Donnington. Of these 51.5% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 3.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Castle Donnington, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Castle Donnington was 52 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Castle Donnington included Managers 26.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 13.4%, Professionals 12.4%, Labourers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Castle Donnington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.4%, Hospitals 6.2%, Grocery, Liquor and Tobacco Product Wholesaling 5.2%, Auxiliary Insurance Services 5.2% and Hardware, Building and Garden Supplies Retailing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Castle Donnington was $456.

In Castle Donnington, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.8%, Car, as passenger 4.1%, Walked only 4.1%, Truck 3.1% and Bus, car as passenger 3.1%. 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 63.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Castle Donnington, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.6% 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 Castle Donnington, 18.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Castle Donnington, 45.8% were couple families with children, 54.2% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Castle Donnington 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Castle Donnington, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,437 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Castle Donnington, of couple families with children, 18.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Castle Donnington, 85.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Donnington, 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 Castle Donnington, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 5.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Castle Donnington, 50.0% were owned outright, 25.9% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Castle Donnington, of all households, 81.0% were family households, 19.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Castle Donnington, 24.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Castle Donnington, 10.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Castle Donnington, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Castle Donnington, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Castle Donnington, 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.