Darwin River

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 694 people in Darwin River of these 51.0% were male and 49.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Darwin River was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.6% of the population.

Of people in Darwin River aged 15 years and over, 43.7% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darwin River was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Darwin River, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 20.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darwin River was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Darwin River 41.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 16.2% were in primary school, 16.6% in secondary school and 6.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darwin River were Australian 25.8%, English 23.7%, Irish 7.1%, Scottish 6.4% and Dutch 2.5%.

In Darwin River, 63.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, Vietnam 1.6%, Philippines 1.2% and India 0.6%.

In Darwin River, 62.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darwin River were No Religion 31.7%, Catholic 18.2%, Anglican 11.3%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Darwin River 71.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 1.7%, Greek 0.6%, Italian 0.6%, Filipino 0.6% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 302 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darwin River. Of these 58.3% were employed full time, 28.8% were employed part-time and 8.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darwin River, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darwin River was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Darwin River included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.9%, Labourers 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.7%, Managers 9.7%, Professionals 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.1% and Sales Workers 6.1%.

Of the employed people in Darwin River, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 5.4%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.7%, Metal Ore Mining 4.3%, Residential Building Construction 4.3% and Road Freight Transport 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darwin River was $644.

In Darwin River, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 58.5%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Walked only 4.3%, Truck 1.8% and Other 1.4%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darwin River, 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, 23.6% provided care for children and 6.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.8% 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 Darwin River, 20.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darwin River, 38.1% were couple families with children, 46.3% were couple families without children and 15.6% were one parent families.

In Darwin River 40.9% of single parents were male and 59.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darwin River, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,139 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Darwin River, of couple families with children, 20.3% had both partners employed full-time, 6.5% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darwin River, 87.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darwin River, 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 Darwin River, of occupied private dwellings 17.0% had 1 bedroom, 28.5% had 2 bedrooms and 25.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darwin River, 34.8% were owned outright, 46.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Darwin River, of all households, 70.4% were family households, 27.1% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Darwin River, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.5% 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 Darwin River, 28.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darwin River, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 23 (or 62.2%) were male and 14 (or 37.8%) were female. The median age was 7 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 Darwin River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,112.

In Darwin River, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,408.