Duaringa

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 478 people in Duaringa of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 11.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Duaringa was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Duaringa aged 15 years and over, 53.1% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Duaringa was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Duaringa, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Duaringa was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 29 years.

In Duaringa 20.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.6% were in primary school, 8.9% in secondary school and 12.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Duaringa were Australian 36.5%, English 32.7%, Irish 10.0%, Scottish 6.1% and German 2.2%.

In Duaringa, 86.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.1% and Philippines 0.8%.

In Duaringa, 85.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Duaringa were Anglican 30.3%, Catholic 23.8%, Uniting Church 11.5%, No Religion 9.8% and Christian, nfd 5.4%.

In Duaringa 92.7% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Polish 0.6%.

Employment

There were 272 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Duaringa. Of these 70.6% were employed full time, 15.4% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Duaringa, 4.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Duaringa was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Duaringa included Managers 31.7%, Labourers 21.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.3%, Professionals 5.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.6%, Sales Workers 4.6% and Community and Personal Service Workers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Duaringa, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 34.4%, School Education 6.9%, Fuel Retailing 6.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 5.8% and Local Government Administration 5.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Duaringa was $619.

In Duaringa, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.5%, Walked only 14.2%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Truck 4.6% and Other 4.6%. On the day, 2.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 45.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Duaringa, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.1% provided care for children and 7.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.9% 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 Duaringa, 19.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Duaringa, 43.0% were couple families with children, 43.0% were couple families without children and 14.1% were one parent families.

In Duaringa 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Duaringa, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $2,125.

Employment status of couple families

In Duaringa, of couple families with children, 29.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Duaringa, 70.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duaringa, 87.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 8.4% were other dwellings.

In Duaringa, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.9% had 2 bedrooms and 48.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duaringa, 43.4% were owned outright, 12.7% were owned with a mortgage and 34.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Duaringa, of all households, 66.5% were family households, 29.3% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Duaringa, 30.3% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Duaringa, 30.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Duaringa, there were 51 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 29 (or 56.9%) were male and 22 (or 43.1%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Duaringa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $675.

In Duaringa, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $70 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,004.