Doyalson

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 306 people in Doyalson of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Doyalson was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 25.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Doyalson aged 15 years and over, 45.6% were married and 17.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Doyalson was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Doyalson, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Doyalson was 44 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Doyalson 31.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.2% were in primary school, 32.3% in secondary school and 11.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Doyalson were Australian 40.5%, English 31.1%, Scottish 7.6%, Irish 5.6% and Lebanese 2.0%.

In Doyalson, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were New Zealand 3.6%, England 2.6% and Lebanon 1.3%.

In Doyalson, 71.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Doyalson were Anglican 32.0%, Catholic 21.9%, No Religion 18.0%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Islam 4.6%.

In Doyalson 91.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 2.0%, Spanish 1.3% and Greek 1.0%.

Employment

There were 150 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Doyalson. Of these 52.7% were employed full time, 31.3% were employed part-time and 9.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Doyalson, 8.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Doyalson was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Doyalson included Labourers 22.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.9%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Managers 5.9% and Professionals 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Doyalson, the most common responses for industry of employment included Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Electricity Distribution 3.0%, Non-Residential Building Construction 3.0% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Doyalson was $475.

In Doyalson, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 60.0%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Walked only 3.7%, Train 3.0% and Bus 2.2%. On the day, 6.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Doyalson, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.6% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.2% 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 Doyalson, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Doyalson, 52.5% were couple families with children, 26.2% were couple families without children and 17.5% were one parent families.

In Doyalson 17.6% of single parents were male and 82.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Doyalson, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,750 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Doyalson, of couple families with children, 13.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 23.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Doyalson, 95.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doyalson, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Doyalson, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 13.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doyalson, 18.8% were owned outright, 54.5% were owned with a mortgage and 26.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Doyalson, of all households, 78.2% were family households, 17.8% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Doyalson, 19.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.7% 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 Doyalson, 33.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Doyalson, there were 11 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 45.5%) were male and 6 (or 54.5%) were female. The median age was 20 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 Doyalson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,062.

In Doyalson, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.