Darling Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,923 people in Darling Heights of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Darling Heights was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.4% of the population.

Of people in Darling Heights aged 15 years and over, 44.0% were married and 8.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darling Heights was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Darling Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darling Heights was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Darling Heights 40.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.6% were in primary school, 13.0% in secondary school and 48.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darling Heights were Australian 26.2%, English 23.8%, Irish 8.3%, German 7.3% and Scottish 5.8%.

In Darling Heights, 69.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were India 3.2%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.0%, Libya 1.4%, Nepal 1.3% and New Zealand 1.3%.

In Darling Heights, 62.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darling Heights were Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 15.9%, No Religion 15.9%, Islam 6.5% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

In Darling Heights 75.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 4.6%, Mandarin 2.0%, Nepali 1.2%, Swahili 0.8% and Malay 0.8%.

Employment

There were 2,499 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darling Heights. Of these 53.0% were employed full time, 32.1% were employed part-time and 8.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darling Heights, 13.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darling Heights was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 29 years.

The most common occupations in Darling Heights included Professionals 21.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.6%, Labourers 12.2%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Managers 7.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Darling Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 6.8%, School Education 6.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.0%, Hospitals 4.3% and Residential Care Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darling Heights was $505.

In Darling Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.8%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Walked only 4.0%, Bus 1.7% and Motorbike/scooter 1.2%. On the day, 2.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darling Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.2% 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, 20.3% 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 Darling Heights, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darling Heights, 44.5% were couple families with children, 37.2% were couple families without children and 16.7% were one parent families.

In Darling Heights 12.4% of single parents were male and 87.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darling Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,988 and those without children was $1,805.

Employment status of couple families

In Darling Heights, of couple families with children, 22.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 19.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darling Heights, 90.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Heights, 83.6% were separate houses, 6.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Darling Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.6% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Heights, 24.3% were owned outright, 32.3% were owned with a mortgage and 41.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Darling Heights, of all households, 74.1% were family households, 20.4% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Darling Heights, 20.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Darling Heights, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darling Heights, there were 200 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 98 (or 49.0%) were male and 102 (or 51.0%) were female. The median age was 14 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 Darling Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,265.

In Darling Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,884.