Dargal Road

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 363 people in Dargal Road of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Dargal Road was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.2% of the population.

Of people in Dargal Road aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 10.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dargal Road was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Dargal Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dargal Road was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Dargal Road 26.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 46.9% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dargal Road were Australian 37.1%, English 29.9%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.4% and German 4.5%.

In Dargal Road, 93.9% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were South Africa 1.1% and England 0.8%.

In Dargal Road, 93.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 3.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dargal Road were Anglican 37.4%, Catholic 18.8%, Uniting Church 14.1%, No Religion 10.5% and Christian, nfd 2.2%.

In Dargal Road 95.8% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 214 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dargal Road. Of these 75.7% were employed full time, 19.2% were employed part-time and 1.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dargal Road, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dargal Road was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Dargal Road included Managers 34.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.4%, Professionals 10.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.6%, Labourers 5.3%, Sales Workers 3.8% and Community and Personal Service Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Dargal Road, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.0%, Road Freight Transport 6.2%, Local Government Administration 4.3%, Other Construction Services 2.9% and Motor Vehicle Retailing 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dargal Road was $703.

In Dargal Road, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.6%, Walked only 5.8%, Car, as passenger 5.3% and Truck 2.4%. 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 63.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dargal Road, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 38.5% provided care for children and 8.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Dargal Road, 25.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dargal Road, 56.6% were couple families with children, 39.4% were couple families without children and 4.0% were one parent families.

In Dargal Road 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dargal Road, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,035 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Dargal Road, of couple families with children, 38.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dargal Road, 79.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dargal Road, 95.0% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Dargal Road, of occupied private dwellings 2.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.0% had 2 bedrooms and 35.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dargal Road, 41.4% were owned outright, 41.4% were owned with a mortgage and 17.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dargal Road, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 13.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Dargal Road, 13.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.2% 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 Dargal Road, 12.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 52.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dargal Road, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 36.4%) were male and 7 (or 63.6%) were female. The median age was 49 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 Dargal Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,291.

In Dargal Road, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.