Darlington Point (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,016 people in Darlington Point (L) of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 19.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Darlington Point (L) was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.1% of the population.

Of people in Darlington Point (L) aged 15 years and over, 45.1% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darlington Point (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Darlington Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 44.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darlington Point (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Darlington Point (L) 31.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.0% were in primary school, 14.4% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darlington Point (L) were Australian 38.0%, English 25.8%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.3% and German 3.1%.

In Darlington Point (L), 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.4%, Philippines 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9%, New Zealand 0.5% and Malta 0.3%.

In Darlington Point (L), 86.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darlington Point (L) were Anglican 35.9%, Catholic 22.2%, No Religion 15.3%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.1%.

In Darlington Point (L) 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 0.9%, Cantonese 0.5% and Italian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 433 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darlington Point (L). Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 6.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darlington Point (L), 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darlington Point (L) was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Darlington Point (L) included Labourers 29.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.8%, Managers 12.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Professionals 6.1% and Sales Workers 4.4%.

Of the employed people in Darlington Point (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 7.1%, Local Government Administration 6.9%, Poultry Farming 6.4%, Residential Care Services 4.4% and School Education 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darlington Point (L) was $481.

In Darlington Point (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.9%, Car, as passenger 10.4%, Walked only 6.2%, Bicycle 1.0% and Car as driver, other 1.0%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 80.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darlington Point (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.9% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.1% 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 Darlington Point (L), 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darlington Point (L), 34.3% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 24.3% were one parent families.

In Darlington Point (L) 13.1% of single parents were male and 86.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darlington Point (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,821 and those without children was $1,575.

Employment status of couple families

In Darlington Point (L), of couple families with children, 24.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 12.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darlington Point (L), 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darlington Point (L), 93.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

In Darlington Point (L), of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.3% had 2 bedrooms and 54.3% 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 Darlington Point (L), 30.4% were owned outright, 31.8% were owned with a mortgage and 33.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Darlington Point (L), of all households, 73.1% were family households, 24.9% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Darlington Point (L), 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.0% 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 Darlington Point (L), 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 17.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darlington Point (L), there were 196 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 109 (or 55.6%) were male and 87 (or 44.4%) were female. The median age was 30 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 Darlington Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $772.

In Darlington Point (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.