Dargo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 148 people in Dargo of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dargo was 60 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 6.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 25.3% of the population.

Of people in Dargo aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 20.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dargo was 64 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Dargo, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dargo was 64 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Dargo 12.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 0.0% were in primary school, 35.3% in secondary school and 23.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dargo were Australian 27.5%, English 26.0%, Scottish 11.5%, Irish 11.5% and Dutch 4.5%.

In Dargo, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Thailand 4.7%, England 2.7%, New Zealand 2.7% and Germany 2.0%.

In Dargo, 79.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dargo were No Religion 31.5%, Anglican 24.2%, Catholic 14.8%, Christian, nfd 6.0% and Buddhism 4.7%.

In Dargo 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Thai 4.7% and German 3.4%.

Employment

There were 64 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dargo. Of these 67.2% were employed full time, 23.4% were employed part-time and 4.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dargo, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 0.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dargo was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 64 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Dargo were Managers 37.5%, Labourers 17.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 9.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.4%, Professionals 4.7% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Dargo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.0%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 12.9%, State Government Administration 6.5%, Knitted Product Manufacturing 4.8% and Polymer Product Manufacturing 4.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dargo was $350.

In Dargo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 40.0%, Walked only 26.2%, Car, as passenger 4.6%, Other 4.6% and Car as driver, other 4.6%. 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 44.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dargo, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 11.4% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 34.0% 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 Dargo, 24.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dargo, 16.7% were couple families with children, 75.0% were couple families without children and 8.3% were one parent families.

In Dargo 0.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dargo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $0 and those without children was $833.

Employment status of couple families

In Dargo, of couple families with children, 23.5% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 14.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dargo, 33.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 66.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dargo, 91.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 8.1% were other dwellings.

In Dargo, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 23.8% had 2 bedrooms and 47.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 1.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dargo, 58.7% were owned outright, 22.2% were owned with a mortgage and 11.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Dargo, of all households, 58.7% were family households, 41.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dargo, 48.1% 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 Dargo, 26.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dargo, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Dargo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Dargo, 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.