Darlington

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,042 people were counted in Darlington: of these 53.2% were male and 46.8% were female. Of the total population 2.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington there were 135 children aged 0-14 years and 205 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 1,462 people were Australian citizens, 739 were born overseas and 188 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 18.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 2.2% were widowed and 69.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 56.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Darlington were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.9%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.4%, Malaysia 2.3% and United States of America 2.1%.

Of all people counted in Darlington on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 31.6%, Catholic 17.9%, Anglican 10.7%, Buddhism 4.6% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 4.5%, Cantonese 1.9%, Greek 1.5%, Korean 1.5% and Spanish 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 70.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,288 people aged 15 years and over in Darlington were in the labour force. Of these 56.3% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.9% were unemployed. 503 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Darlington, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.3%, Education 8.0%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Health Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 352 families were counted: of these, 54.0% were couple families without children, 23.9% were couple families with children, 13.1% were one parent families and 9.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 807 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Darlington, 0.0% were separate houses, 78.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 20.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.0% were being purchased and 50.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Darlington, 43.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.8% were single (or lone) person households and 21.2% were group households.