Darling Downs

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,128 people in Darling Downs of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Darling Downs was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in Darling Downs aged 15 years and over, 59.9% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darling Downs was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Darling Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darling Downs was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Darling Downs 29.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.9% were in primary school, 28.8% in secondary school and 21.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darling Downs were English 35.8%, Australian 26.7%, Scottish 6.9%, Irish 6.7% and Dutch 6.1%.

In Darling Downs, 70.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.9%, New Zealand 2.3%, Netherlands 1.8%, Scotland 1.2% and Italy 0.9%.

In Darling Downs, 46.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darling Downs were Anglican 27.0%, No Religion 22.6%, Catholic 19.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 9.0% and Baptist 4.2%.

In Darling Downs 91.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, Afrikaans 0.8%, Dutch 0.7%, German 0.4% and Macedonian 0.4%.

Employment

There were 638 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darling Downs. Of these 57.4% were employed full time, 30.4% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darling Downs, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darling Downs was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Darling Downs included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Professionals 15.1%, Managers 11.5%, Sales Workers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.3%, Labourers 7.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Darling Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.8%, Building Installation Services 3.7%, Road Freight Transport 3.2%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.2% and Residential Building Construction 2.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darling Downs was $710.

In Darling Downs, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.4%, Car, as passenger 3.8%, Train, car as driver 2.3%, Train 1.3% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darling Downs, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.3% provided care for children and 8.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.3% 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 Darling Downs, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darling Downs, 53.0% were couple families with children, 38.4% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Darling Downs 16.7% of single parents were male and 83.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darling Downs, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,486 and those without children was $2,374.

Employment status of couple families

In Darling Downs, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darling Downs, 95.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Downs, 96.4% were separate houses, 2.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Darling Downs, of occupied private dwellings 0.8% had 1 bedroom, 3.6% had 2 bedrooms and 17.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.9. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Downs, 36.3% were owned outright, 54.0% were owned with a mortgage and 5.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Darling Downs, of all households, 88.6% were family households, 10.6% were single person households and 0.8% were group households.

In Darling Downs, 11.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.6% 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 Darling Downs, 11.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 39.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 48.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darling Downs, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Darling Downs, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Darling Downs, 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.