Daintree

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 146 people in Daintree of these 54.1% were male and 45.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Daintree was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.3% of the population.

Of people in Daintree aged 15 years and over, 41.5% were married and 17.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daintree was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Daintree, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daintree was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Daintree 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.3% were in primary school, 26.1% in secondary school and 15.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daintree were Australian 37.8%, English 25.0%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 8.2% and Italian 3.1%.

In Daintree, 80.1% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were France 4.1%, England 2.7% and Germany 2.7%.

In Daintree, 77.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 13.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daintree were No Religion 26.4%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 22.3%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7%.

In Daintree 89.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 2.7% and Kuku Yalanji 2.0%.

Employment

There were 84 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daintree. Of these 57.1% were employed full time, 38.1% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Daintree, 17.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daintree was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Daintree included Managers 20.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.6%, Labourers 13.4%, Professionals 12.2%, Sales Workers 6.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.1% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 3.7%.

Of the employed people in Daintree, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 14.3%, Accommodation 10.7%, School Education 8.3%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.1% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 6.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daintree was $414.

In Daintree, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 45.1%, Walked only 11.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Truck 3.7%. 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 47.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daintree, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 20.6% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.5% 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 Daintree, 17.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daintree, 56.2% were couple families with children, 43.8% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Daintree 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daintree, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,066 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Daintree, of couple families with children, 22.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daintree, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daintree, 87.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 12.5% were other dwellings.

In Daintree, of occupied private dwellings 5.4% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 33.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daintree, 41.8% were owned outright, 29.1% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Daintree, of all households, 60.3% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Daintree, 40.4% 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 Daintree, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daintree, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 50.0%) were male and 3 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 42 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 Daintree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In Daintree, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.