Duck Ponds

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 272 people in Duck Ponds of these 75.4% were male and 24.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Duck Ponds was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.0% of the population.

Of people in Duck Ponds aged 15 years and over, 41.2% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Duck Ponds was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Duck Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Duck Ponds was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Duck Ponds 61.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 7.2% were in primary school, 1.8% in secondary school and 7.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Duck Ponds were Australian 24.1%, English 21.0%, Scottish 4.4%, German 3.5% and Irish 2.5%.

In Duck Ponds, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.4%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Nigeria 1.1%.

In Duck Ponds, 78.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Duck Ponds were No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 7.0%, Uniting Church 5.9%, Catholic 5.5% and Lutheran 1.8%.

In Duck Ponds 54.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Czech 1.1%.

Employment

There were 86 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Duck Ponds. Of these 54.7% were employed full time, 39.5% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Duck Ponds, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Duck Ponds was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 53 years.

The most common occupations in Duck Ponds included Labourers 21.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.8%, Managers 12.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.4%, Professionals 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.2% and Sales Workers 9.1%.

Of the employed people in Duck Ponds, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Public Order and Safety Services 6.8%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 5.7%, Residential Building Construction 4.5% and Agricultural Product Wholesaling 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Duck Ponds was $587.

In Duck Ponds, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 60.9%, Walked only 9.2%, Truck 6.9% and Car, as passenger 5.7%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 70.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Duck Ponds, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.7% provided care for children and 5.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.2% 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 Duck Ponds, 16.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Duck Ponds, 52.4% were couple families with children, 38.1% were couple families without children and 9.5% were one parent families.

In Duck Ponds 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Duck Ponds, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,208 and those without children was $1,833.

Employment status of couple families

In Duck Ponds, of couple families with children, 19.5% had both partners employed full-time, 7.3% had both employed part-time and 36.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Duck Ponds, 86.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duck Ponds, 92.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.1% were other dwellings.

In Duck Ponds, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 66.7% 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 Duck Ponds, 35.1% were owned outright, 35.1% were owned with a mortgage and 24.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Duck Ponds, of all households, 80.7% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Duck Ponds, 18.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Duck Ponds, 24.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 26.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Duck Ponds, there were 20 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 20 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 40 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 Duck Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,166.

In Duck Ponds, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $140 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.