Drake

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Drake of these 55.9% were male and 44.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Drake was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.6% of the population.

Of people in Drake aged 15 years and over, 30.9% were married and 19.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Drake was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 40 years.

In Drake, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Drake was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Drake 27.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.0% were in primary school, 21.1% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Drake were Australian 33.9%, English 29.9%, Irish 9.8%, Scottish 6.9% and German 2.3%.

In Drake, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.8%, Netherlands 2.3%, New Zealand 2.3%, Canada 1.0% and United States of America 1.0%.

In Drake, 71.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Drake were No Religion 39.4%, Anglican 16.4%, Catholic 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Drake 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 1.3%.

Employment

There were 115 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Drake. Of these 40.9% were employed full time, 33.9% were employed part-time and 21.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Drake, 18.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 14.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Drake was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Drake were Labourers 32.2%, Managers 17.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Professionals 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Drake, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.7%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.3%, Forestry and Logging 3.3%, Exploration 3.3% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Drake was $297.

In Drake, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.5%, Car, as passenger 9.9%, Truck 7.7%, Walked only 6.6% and Bicycle 4.4%. On the day, 4.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Drake, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 16.8% provided care for children and 17.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.4% 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 Drake, 24.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Drake, 25.9% were couple families with children, 50.6% were couple families without children and 19.8% were one parent families.

In Drake 31.6% of single parents were male and 68.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Drake, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $549.

Employment status of couple families

In Drake, of couple families with children, 11.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 6.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Drake, 69.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 30.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drake, 80.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 19.5% were other dwellings.

In Drake, of occupied private dwellings 21.8% had 1 bedroom, 34.0% had 2 bedrooms and 25.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Drake, 57.7% were owned outright, 26.9% were owned with a mortgage and 11.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Drake, of all households, 53.8% were family households, 38.5% were single person households and 7.7% were group households.

In Drake, 59.0% 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 Drake, 52.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Drake, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 12 (or 57.1%) were male and 9 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 57 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 Drake, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.3, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Drake, 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.