Durong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 355 people in Durong of these 54.4% were male and 45.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Durong was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.8% of the population.

Of people in Durong aged 15 years and over, 55.4% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Durong was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Durong, of people aged 15 years and over, 59.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Durong was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 51 years.

In Durong 29.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.5% were in primary school, 14.7% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Durong were English 29.4%, Australian 26.5%, Irish 14.1%, Scottish 8.2% and German 7.8%.

In Durong, 82.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.1%, England 1.7%, Germany 1.1% and Northern Ireland 1.1%.

In Durong, 84.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Durong were Anglican 23.2%, Catholic 18.5%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.5%.

In Durong 87.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 0.8%.

Employment

There were 138 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Durong. Of these 60.1% were employed full time, 26.1% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Durong, 9.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 63.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Durong was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Durong included Managers 52.4%, Labourers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.3%, Professionals 4.8%, Sales Workers 4.0% and Technicians and Trades Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Durong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 46.8%, School Education 7.1%, Coal Mining 4.8%, Dairy Cattle Farming 2.4% and Oil and Gas Extraction 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Durong was $317.

In Durong, 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 12.7%, Other 3.2%, Car, as passenger 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. On the day, 3.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 42.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Durong, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 30.0% 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 Durong, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Durong, 43.0% were couple families with children, 45.3% were couple families without children and 11.6% were one parent families.

In Durong 63.6% of single parents were male and 36.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Durong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $633.

Employment status of couple families

In Durong, of couple families with children, 23.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 15.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Durong, 62.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 37.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Durong, 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 Durong, of occupied private dwellings 7.6% had 1 bedroom, 22.9% had 2 bedrooms and 38.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Durong, 49.2% were owned outright, 22.0% were owned with a mortgage and 23.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Durong, of all households, 68.5% were family households, 29.2% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Durong, 49.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Durong, 38.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 28.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Durong, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 41 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 Durong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $483.

In Durong, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.