Doncaster East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 26,282 people were counted in Doncaster East: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East there were 4,837 children aged 0-14 years and 6,424 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 22,985 people were Australian citizens, 10,065 were born overseas and 239 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 58.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.1% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 28.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 57.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Doncaster East were Hong Kong (SAR of China) 5.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.4%, Greece 3.1%, Malaysia 3.1% and England 2.7%.

Of all people counted in Doncaster East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 15.6%, Anglican 11.6%, Orthodox 10.5% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 12.6%, Greek 7.6%, Italian 4.9%, Mandarin 3.5% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 56.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,257 people aged 15 years and over in Doncaster East were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 7,639 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Doncaster East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.8%, Health Services 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4%, Education 4.0% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 7,525 families were counted: of these, 31.5% were couple families without children, 55.5% were couple families with children, 11.3% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 9,199 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Doncaster East, 86.4% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 56.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.2% were being purchased and 15.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 65.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Doncaster East, 80.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.