Doonside

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 13,087 people in Doonside of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Doonside was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.7% of the population.

Of people in Doonside aged 15 years and over, 45.4% were married and 12.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Doonside was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Doonside, of people aged 15 years and over, 45.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Doonside was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Doonside 34.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.2% were in primary school, 23.1% in secondary school and 19.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Doonside were Australian 20.0%, English 16.0%, Filipino 8.0%, Indian 5.4% and Irish 4.0%.

In Doonside, 55.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 7.7%, India 3.6%, Fiji 3.2%, New Zealand 2.6% and England 1.5%.

In Doonside, 33.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 56.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Doonside were Catholic 33.7%, Anglican 14.2%, No Religion 10.9%, Hinduism 5.5% and Islam 5.1%.

In Doonside 56.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 4.8%, Arabic 4.2%, Hindi 3.9%, Filipino 2.5% and Punjabi 1.7%.

Employment

There were 5,703 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Doonside. Of these 59.1% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 9.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Doonside, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Doonside was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Doonside included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.0%, Professionals 13.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Labourers 12.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Managers 5.8%.

Of the employed people in Doonside, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Residential Care Services 3.4%, Road Freight Transport 3.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Doonside was $432.

In Doonside, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.7%, Train 11.6%, Car, as passenger 6.9%, Train, bus 3.3% and Train, car as driver 1.5%. On the day, 20.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Doonside, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.5% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.8% 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 Doonside, 21.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Doonside, 47.9% were couple families with children, 22.5% were couple families without children and 28.0% were one parent families.

In Doonside 14.2% of single parents were male and 85.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Doonside, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,089 and those without children was $1,831.

Employment status of couple families

In Doonside, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 15.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Doonside, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doonside, 90.9% were separate houses, 8.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Doonside, of occupied private dwellings 2.9% had 1 bedroom, 7.9% had 2 bedrooms and 59.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doonside, 21.8% were owned outright, 33.6% were owned with a mortgage and 41.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Doonside, of all households, 80.2% were family households, 17.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Doonside, 27.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.7% 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 Doonside, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Doonside, there were 642 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 289 (or 45.0%) were male and 353 (or 55.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Doonside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $777.

In Doonside, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $187 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.