Durham Lead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 400 people in Durham Lead of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Durham Lead was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Durham Lead aged 15 years and over, 57.8% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Durham Lead was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 34 years.

In Durham Lead, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Durham Lead was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Durham Lead 32.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.9% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 8.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Durham Lead were English 31.2%, Australian 29.2%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 8.6% and Dutch 3.1%.

In Durham Lead, 80.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.8%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 1.3%, Belgium 1.0% and Malta 1.0%.

In Durham Lead, 68.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Durham Lead were No Religion 41.2%, Catholic 21.6%, Anglican 15.6%, Uniting Church 7.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.5%.

In Durham Lead 95.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.0% and Croatian 0.8%.

Employment

There were 198 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Durham Lead. Of these 55.1% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Durham Lead, 12.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Durham Lead was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Durham Lead included Professionals 25.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 16.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Managers 11.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%, Labourers 6.3% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Durham Lead, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.0%, Hospitals 8.0%, Computer System Design and Related Services 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3% and Local Government Administration 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Durham Lead was $555.

In Durham Lead, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 72.0%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Car as driver, bicycle, other 2.1% and Train 1.6%. 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 79.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Durham Lead, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 37.1% provided care for children and 15.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 29.7% 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 Durham Lead, 27.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Durham Lead, 54.7% were couple families with children, 33.3% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Durham Lead 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Durham Lead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,269 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Durham Lead, of couple families with children, 18.0% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Durham Lead, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Durham Lead, 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 Durham Lead, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 53.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Durham Lead, 42.9% were owned outright, 49.3% were owned with a mortgage and 5.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Durham Lead, of all households, 79.7% were family households, 18.2% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Durham Lead, 23.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.2% 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 Durham Lead, 18.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 51.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Durham Lead, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 34 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 Durham Lead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Durham Lead, 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.