Douglas-Daly

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 199 people in Douglas-Daly of these 64.8% were male and 35.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Douglas-Daly was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.8% of the population.

Of people in Douglas-Daly aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 24.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Douglas-Daly was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Douglas-Daly, of people aged 15 years and over, 44.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Douglas-Daly was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Douglas-Daly 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.6% were in primary school, 7.1% in secondary school and 5.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Douglas-Daly were Australian 38.2%, English 21.3%, Scottish 7.2%, Irish 6.4% and German 2.4%.

In Douglas-Daly, 70.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.0%, Switzerland 2.0%, Estonia 1.5%, New Zealand 1.5% and Spain 1.5%.

In Douglas-Daly, 74.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Douglas-Daly were Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 21.5%, No Religion 17.5%, Baptist 7.0% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

In Douglas-Daly 79.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 3.0%, Estonian 1.5% and Arabic 1.5%.

Employment

There were 105 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Douglas-Daly. Of these 79.0% were employed full time, 12.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Douglas-Daly, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 74.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Douglas-Daly was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Douglas-Daly included Managers 25.0%, Labourers 22.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.0%, Professionals 7.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 3.0% and Sales Workers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Douglas-Daly, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 23.0%, Metal Ore Mining 10.0%, Other Crop Growing 6.0%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.0% and Forestry and Logging 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Douglas-Daly was $861.

In Douglas-Daly, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 30.0%, Walked only 23.0%, Car as driver, other 4.0%, Bus 3.0% and Truck 3.0%. On the day, 4.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Douglas-Daly, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.4% provided care for children and 4.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.6% 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 Douglas-Daly, 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Douglas-Daly, 44.4% were couple families with children, 55.6% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Douglas-Daly 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Douglas-Daly, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,458.

Employment status of couple families

In Douglas-Daly, of couple families with children, 38.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Douglas-Daly, 89.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Douglas-Daly, 60.3% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 29.3% were other dwellings.

In Douglas-Daly, of occupied private dwellings 25.0% had 1 bedroom, 12.5% had 2 bedrooms and 26.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.3. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Douglas-Daly, 40.4% were owned outright, 10.5% were owned with a mortgage and 33.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Douglas-Daly, of all households, 49.1% were family households, 43.6% were single person households and 7.3% were group households.

In Douglas-Daly, 26.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.0% 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 Douglas-Daly, 37.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 17.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Douglas-Daly, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 53.8%) were male and 6 (or 46.2%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Douglas-Daly, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.5, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Douglas-Daly, 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.