Darling Range (East Metropolitan)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 46,072 people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 9.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan) 29.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 17.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) were English 34.9%, Australian 27.2%, Scottish 6.3%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 3.6%.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 67.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 13.0%, New Zealand 2.8%, South Africa 1.6%, Scotland 1.2% and Netherlands 0.8%.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 43.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 38.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) were No Religion 29.4%, Anglican 23.1%, Catholic 18.4%, Christian, nfd 3.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.6%.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan) 88.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.0%, Mandarin 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Dutch 0.4% and German 0.4%.

Employment

There were 24,995 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darling Range (East Metropolitan). Of these 60.9% were employed full time, 29.0% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.3%, Professionals 15.8%, Managers 12.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Sales Workers 8.4%.

Of the employed people in Darling Range (East Metropolitan), the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.1%, Road Freight Transport 2.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 2.9%, Hospitals 2.8% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darling Range (East Metropolitan) was $710.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Truck 2.0%, Train 1.7% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 6.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), of people aged 15 years and over, 75.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.2% provided care for children and 10.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.7% 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 Range (East Metropolitan), 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 49.5% were couple families with children, 38.8% were couple families without children and 10.6% were one parent families.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan) 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,457 and those without children was $2,255.

Employment status of couple families

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), of couple families with children, 21.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 91.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 98.8% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.2% had 2 bedrooms and 28.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 29.5% were owned outright, 55.6% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), of all households, 84.7% were family households, 13.5% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), 14.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.3% 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 Range (East Metropolitan), 19.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), there were 490 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 247 (or 50.4%) were male and 243 (or 49.6%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Range (East Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,625.

In Darling Range (East Metropolitan), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,000.