Derby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,261 people in Derby of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 37.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Derby was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 26.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 6.7% of the population.

Of people in Derby aged 15 years and over, 32.8% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Derby was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Derby, of people aged 15 years and over, 32.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 21.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Derby was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Derby 38.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.9% were in primary school, 7.7% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Derby were Australian 30.5%, English 18.4%, Australian Aboriginal 13.3%, Irish 4.9% and Scottish 4.6%.

In Derby, 70.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.3%, England 2.2%, Zimbabwe 0.5%, South Africa 0.4% and India 0.3%.

In Derby, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Derby were Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 20.1%, Anglican 8.4%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

In Derby 73.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Walmajarri 0.6%, Kriol 0.6%, Bardi 0.4%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.3% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,366 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Derby. Of these 66.0% were employed full time, 20.4% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Derby, 5.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 53.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Derby was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Derby included Professionals 21.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.4%, Labourers 13.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.5%, Managers 10.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.9% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Derby, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.2%, Hospitals 6.5%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.5%, Local Government Administration 4.5% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Derby was $681.

In Derby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.3%, Walked only 15.1%, Car, as passenger 11.8%, Bicycle 3.4% and Bus 2.4%. 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 60.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Derby, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.2% 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 Derby, 24.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Derby, 41.8% were couple families with children, 35.5% were couple families without children and 19.9% were one parent families.

In Derby 15.1% of single parents were male and 84.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Derby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,374 and those without children was $2,440.

Employment status of couple families

In Derby, of couple families with children, 30.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 18.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Derby, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Derby, 84.5% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 6.9% were other dwellings.

In Derby, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 16.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Derby, 16.3% were owned outright, 18.6% were owned with a mortgage and 57.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Derby, of all households, 68.0% were family households, 27.7% were single person households and 4.3% were group households.

In Derby, 18.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.6% 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 Derby, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Derby, there were 1,215 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 550 (or 45.3%) were male and 665 (or 54.7%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Derby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.9, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,229.

In Derby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $114 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,570.