Daisy Hill (Vic.)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 433 people in Daisy Hill (Vic.) of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Daisy Hill (Vic.) was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.5% of the population.

Of people in Daisy Hill (Vic.) aged 15 years and over, 63.6% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daisy Hill (Vic.) was 58 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daisy Hill (Vic.) was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.) 23.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 26.0% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daisy Hill (Vic.) were English 37.4%, Australian 29.5%, Irish 8.2%, Scottish 7.5% and German 6.1%.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), 82.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.1%, Germany 2.1%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 1.2% and South Eastern Europe (includes Yugoslavia) 1.2%.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), 69.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daisy Hill (Vic.) were No Religion 25.2%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 17.7%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.3%.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.) 94.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.4%, Italian 0.7%, Maltese 0.7%, Hungarian 0.7% and Czech 0.7%.

Employment

There were 184 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daisy Hill (Vic.). Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 29.9% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daisy Hill (Vic.), 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 13.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daisy Hill (Vic.) was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Daisy Hill (Vic.) included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Labourers 14.7%, Professionals 13.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.9%, Sales Workers 11.8%, Managers 6.5% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Daisy Hill (Vic.), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.4%, Hospitals 5.3%, Road Freight Transport 4.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.9% and Local Government Administration 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daisy Hill (Vic.) was $433.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.1%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Truck 2.3%, Walked only 2.3% and Other 1.7%. 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 69.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), of people aged 15 years and over, 73.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.3% provided care for children and 14.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.8% 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 Daisy Hill (Vic.), 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daisy Hill (Vic.), 40.3% were couple families with children, 50.0% were couple families without children and 7.5% were one parent families.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.) 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,542 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), of couple families with children, 10.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 17.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), 90.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daisy Hill (Vic.), 96.6% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 19.2% had 2 bedrooms and 52.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daisy Hill (Vic.), 52.3% were owned outright, 38.5% were owned with a mortgage and 5.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), of all households, 74.9% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 4.7% were group households.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), 30.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Daisy Hill (Vic.), 28.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 29.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), there were 5 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Daisy Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,383.

In Daisy Hill (Vic.), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.