Daw Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,440 people in Daw Park of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Daw Park was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 16.1% of the population.

Of people in Daw Park aged 15 years and over, 41.4% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daw Park was 44 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Daw Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daw Park was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Daw Park 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.0% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 29.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daw Park were English 25.8%, Australian 25.6%, Scottish 6.4%, Irish 6.2% and German 5.8%.

In Daw Park, 72.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.6%, Greece 1.6%, India 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.1%.

In Daw Park, 56.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 31.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daw Park were No Religion 30.5%, Catholic 19.2%, Anglican 10.6%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Eastern Orthodox 6.2%.

In Daw Park 76.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.4%, Mandarin 1.5%, Italian 1.3%, Korean 0.9% and Arabic 0.8%.

Employment

There were 1,229 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daw Park. Of these 58.9% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daw Park, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daw Park was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Daw Park included Professionals 30.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.4%, Managers 10.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.9%, Labourers 8.3%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.1%.

Of the employed people in Daw Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 7.8%, School Education 5.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4% and Tertiary Education 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daw Park was $589.

In Daw Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.3%, Bus 7.9%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Walked only 3.8% and Bicycle 2.5%. On the day, 10.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daw Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.1% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Daw Park, 29.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daw Park, 44.1% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Daw Park 20.8% of single parents were male and 79.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daw Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,222 and those without children was $2,276.

Employment status of couple families

In Daw Park, of couple families with children, 24.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daw Park, 91.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daw Park, 63.8% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 28.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Daw Park, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 42.0% had 2 bedrooms and 39.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daw Park, 30.9% were owned outright, 34.4% were owned with a mortgage and 31.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Daw Park, of all households, 58.0% were family households, 36.5% were single person households and 5.5% were group households.

In Daw Park, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.0% 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 Daw Park, 44.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 31.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daw Park, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 72.7%) were male and 3 (or 27.3%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Daw Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Daw Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $270 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383.