Davoren Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,000 people in Davoren Park of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Davoren Park was 30 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Davoren Park aged 15 years and over, 28.6% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Davoren Park was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Davoren Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Davoren Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Davoren Park 33.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.7% were in primary school, 17.6% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Davoren Park were English 33.5%, Australian 29.7%, Scottish 5.7%, Irish 5.4% and German 4.4%.

In Davoren Park, 73.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.6%, Scotland 1.1%, New Zealand 0.8%, Afghanistan 0.7% and Sudan 0.7%.

In Davoren Park, 59.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Davoren Park were No Religion 38.1%, Anglican 14.0%, Catholic 12.6%, Uniting Church 5.1% and Lutheran 2.3%.

In Davoren Park 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dinka 1.2%, Vietnamese 0.8%, Kirundi (Rundi) 0.8%, Khmer 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 2,230 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Davoren Park. Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 19.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Davoren Park, 10.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Davoren Park was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Davoren Park included Labourers 24.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.7%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.5%, Professionals 5.8% and Managers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Davoren Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.7%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.3% and Residential Care Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Davoren Park was $359.

In Davoren Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.2%, Car, as passenger 8.4%, Train 3.8%, Bus 2.0% and Walked only 1.4%. On the day, 9.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Davoren Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.3% provided care for children and 12.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.6% 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 Davoren Park, 20.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Davoren Park, 32.1% were couple families with children, 26.2% were couple families without children and 38.8% were one parent families.

In Davoren Park 19.3% of single parents were male and 80.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Davoren Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,573 and those without children was $1,506.

Employment status of couple families

In Davoren Park, of couple families with children, 10.5% had both partners employed full-time, 1.9% had both employed part-time and 11.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Davoren Park, 92.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Davoren Park, 76.0% were separate houses, 22.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Davoren Park, of occupied private dwellings 3.3% had 1 bedroom, 7.6% had 2 bedrooms and 73.3% 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 Davoren Park, 16.0% were owned outright, 28.8% were owned with a mortgage and 50.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Davoren Park, of all households, 67.0% were family households, 28.9% were single person households and 4.1% were group households.

In Davoren Park, 42.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.8% 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 Davoren Park, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 7.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Davoren Park, there were 387 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 194 (or 50.1%) were male and 193 (or 49.9%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Davoren Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.4, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $642.

In Davoren Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.