Drouin East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 267 people in Drouin East of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Drouin East was 43 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.7% of the population.

Of people in Drouin East aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 8.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Drouin East was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Drouin East, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Drouin East was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Drouin East 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.6% were in primary school, 27.2% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Drouin East were English 36.7%, Australian 27.9%, Scottish 12.3%, Irish 9.7% and Dutch 3.5%.

In Drouin East, 86.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.4%, Germany 2.3%, Netherlands 1.5%, Scotland 1.5% and Argentina 1.1%.

In Drouin East, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Drouin East were Catholic 23.8%, No Religion 23.8%, Anglican 21.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.8% and Uniting Church 4.9%.

In Drouin East 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.5%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Drouin East. Of these 54.3% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 3.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Drouin East, 19.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Drouin East was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Drouin East included Professionals 17.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.4%, Managers 13.8%, Labourers 13.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Sales Workers 8.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.5%.

Of the employed people in Drouin East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.4%, Dairy Cattle Farming 6.6%, School Education 5.7%, Hospitals 5.7% and Building Installation Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Drouin East was $463.

In Drouin East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 50.0%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Truck 4.1%, Walked only 4.1% and Train, bus, car as driver 2.5%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Drouin East, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.1% provided care for children and 16.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.0% 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 Drouin East, 34.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Drouin East, 44.3% were couple families with children, 39.2% were couple families without children and 16.5% were one parent families.

In Drouin East 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Drouin East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,666 and those without children was $5,000.

Employment status of couple families

In Drouin East, of couple families with children, 22.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.6% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Drouin East, 93.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drouin East, 89.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.2% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Drouin East, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.6% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drouin East, 44.3% were owned outright, 38.1% were owned with a mortgage and 17.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Drouin East, of all households, 78.6% were family households, 18.4% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Drouin East, 27.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.2% 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 Drouin East, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Drouin East, 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 Drouin East, 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 Drouin East, 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.