Dareton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 516 people in Dareton of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 36.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Dareton was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 22.9% of the population.

Of people in Dareton aged 15 years and over, 38.2% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dareton was 63 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Dareton, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dareton was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Dareton 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 14.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dareton were Australian 40.7%, English 29.0%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 3.8% and Australian Aboriginal 2.4%.

In Dareton, 89.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.8%, Germany 0.8%, India 0.8%, Italy 0.8% and New Zealand 0.8%.

In Dareton, 88.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dareton were Catholic 39.1%, Anglican 20.5%, No Religion 12.8%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Dareton 94.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 1.0%, Bisaya 0.8%, Japanese 0.6% and Paakantyi 0.6%.

Employment

There were 146 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dareton. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 26.0% were employed part-time and 10.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dareton, 11.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dareton was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Dareton included Community and Personal Service Workers 18.9%, Professionals 15.0%, Labourers 15.0%, Managers 11.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.7% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Dareton, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 10.2%, Other Social Assistance Services 6.3%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 4.7%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dareton was $361.

In Dareton, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 68.2%, Walked only 17.8%, Car, as passenger 6.2% and Bicycle 3.1%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dareton, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.4% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.8% 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 Dareton, 16.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dareton, 28.7% were couple families with children, 48.3% were couple families without children and 23.1% were one parent families.

In Dareton 24.2% of single parents were male and 75.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dareton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $866.

Employment status of couple families

In Dareton, of couple families with children, 10.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 10.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dareton, 88.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dareton, 90.6% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dareton, of occupied private dwellings 6.9% had 1 bedroom, 19.8% had 2 bedrooms and 58.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dareton, 43.3% were owned outright, 16.7% were owned with a mortgage and 36.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dareton, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 30.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dareton, 40.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Dareton, 34.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dareton, there were 184 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 83 (or 45.1%) were male and 101 (or 54.9%) 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 Dareton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $762.

In Dareton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $135 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.