Daly River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 171 people in Daly River of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 27.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Daly River was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.2% of the population.

Of people in Daly River aged 15 years and over, 49.6% were married and 3.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daly River was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Daly River, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 19.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daly River was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Daly River 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.5% were in primary school, 9.6% in secondary school and 23.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daly River were English 24.3%, Australian 21.4%, Australian Aboriginal 18.1%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 4.8%.

In Daly River, 90.7% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7%, Finland 1.7%, Italy 1.7% and Netherlands 1.7%.

In Daly River, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daly River were Catholic 41.2%, No Religion 25.3%, Anglican 14.1%, Australian Aboriginal Traditional Religions 1.8% and Buddhism 1.8%.

In Daly River 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Malak Malak 5.8%, Finnish 1.8%, Greek 1.8% and Kriol 1.8%.

Employment

There were 88 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daly River. Of these 79.5% were employed full time, 12.5% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daly River, 0.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 3.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 69.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daly River was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Daly River were Labourers 25.6%, Managers 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.9%, Professionals 13.4% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Daly River, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 31.7%, Local Government Administration 13.4%, School Education 8.5%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 6.1% and Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 6.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daly River was $592.

In Daly River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.7%, Car, as passenger 11.9%, Walked only 4.8%, Truck 3.6% and Other 3.6%. 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 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daly River, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.0% 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 Daly River, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daly River, 40.0% were couple families with children, 60.0% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Daly River 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daly River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,812 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Daly River, of couple families with children, 37.8% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 18.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daly River, 63.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daly River, 71.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.0% were flats, units or apartments and 18.3% were other dwellings.

In Daly River, of occupied private dwellings 22.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.1% had 2 bedrooms and 23.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daly River, 24.6% were owned outright, 4.9% were owned with a mortgage and 60.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Daly River, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 28.3% were single person households and 5.0% were group households.

In Daly River, 20.0% 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 Daly River, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daly River, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 27 (or 58.7%) were male and 19 (or 41.3%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Daly River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.8, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,416.

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