Doonbah

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 244 people in Doonbah of these 53.7% were male and 46.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Doonbah was 62 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 45.7% of the population.

Of people in Doonbah aged 15 years and over, 63.1% were married and 14.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Doonbah was 67 years and the median age of people never married was 20 years.

In Doonbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Doonbah was 68 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 59 years.

In Doonbah 16.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 37.5% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Doonbah were English 37.4%, Australian 31.8%, Scottish 9.3%, Irish 8.7% and German 2.8%.

In Doonbah, 86.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, Scotland 2.9%, Netherlands 1.6%, New Zealand 1.6% and Canada 1.2%.

In Doonbah, 81.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Doonbah were Anglican 28.5%, Catholic 26.9%, No Religion 14.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 12.4% and Uniting Church 5.8%.

In Doonbah 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 66 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Doonbah. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 39.4% were employed part-time and 10.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Doonbah, 16.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Doonbah was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 56 years.

The most common occupations in Doonbah included Managers 15.3%, Professionals 15.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Labourers 13.6%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.8%.

Of the employed people in Doonbah, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.2%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.7%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.7%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.7% and Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Doonbah was $346.

In Doonbah, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 56.9%, Car, as passenger 12.1%, Truck 10.3% and Walked only 6.9%. 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 67.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Doonbah, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.4% provided care for children and 16.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.1% 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 Doonbah, 22.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Doonbah, 18.8% were couple families with children, 72.5% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Doonbah 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Doonbah, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $0.

Employment status of couple families

In Doonbah, of couple families with children, 14.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 5.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Doonbah, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doonbah, 95.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.4% were other dwellings.

In Doonbah, of occupied private dwellings 3.5% had 1 bedroom, 36.8% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doonbah, 68.4% were owned outright, 14.9% were owned with a mortgage and 10.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Doonbah, of all households, 69.3% were family households, 28.1% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Doonbah, 55.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Doonbah, 53.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Doonbah, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) 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 Doonbah, 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 Doonbah, 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.