Drouin West

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 365 people in Drouin West of these 54.0% were male and 46.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Drouin West was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.6% of the population.

Of people in Drouin West aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 7.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Drouin West was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Drouin West, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Drouin West was 54 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Drouin West 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 36.6% in secondary school and 17.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Drouin West were Australian 35.9%, English 34.7%, Scottish 7.0%, Irish 5.2% and German 4.8%.

In Drouin West, 87.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.9% and Germany 1.7%.

In Drouin West, 72.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 12.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Drouin West were No Religion 38.5%, Anglican 15.9%, Catholic 11.8%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6%.

In Drouin West 95.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Russian 0.8% and Tagalog 0.8%.

Employment

There were 191 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Drouin West. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 2.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Drouin West, 11.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.7% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Drouin West included Managers 19.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.8%, Professionals 15.7%, Labourers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Sales Workers 7.3% and Community and Personal Service Workers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Drouin West, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.9%, Dairy Cattle Farming 7.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.3%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 3.7% and Residential Building Construction 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Drouin West was $461.

In Drouin West, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 54.5%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 5.8% and Truck 1.6%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 58.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Drouin West, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.5% provided care for children and 14.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.6% 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 Drouin West, 31.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Drouin West, 48.6% were couple families with children, 41.9% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Drouin West 44.4% of single parents were male and 55.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Drouin West, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,711 and those without children was $1,474.

Employment status of couple families

In Drouin West, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 34.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Drouin West, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drouin West, 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 Drouin West, of occupied private dwellings 2.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drouin West, 51.6% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 9.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Drouin West, of all households, 79.5% were family households, 20.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Drouin West, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.2% 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 West, 12.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Drouin West, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 55.6%) were male and 4 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 13 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 West, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Drouin West, 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.