Darra

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,838 people in Darra of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Darra was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.5% of the population.

Of people in Darra aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 11.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Darra was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Darra, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Darra was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Darra 32.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.6% were in primary school, 18.1% in secondary school and 26.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Darra were Vietnamese 17.8%, Australian 15.6%, English 15.1%, Irish 4.5% and Scottish 3.9%.

In Darra, 48.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 15.8%, New Zealand 3.4%, India 2.9%, Philippines 2.0% and Samoa 1.2%.

In Darra, 27.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 63.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Darra were Catholic 31.3%, No Religion 15.3%, Buddhism 11.6%, Islam 6.9% and Anglican 6.0%.

In Darra 45.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 23.1%, Arabic 4.1%, Samoan 2.2%, Tagalog 1.3% and Spanish 1.3%.

Employment

There were 1,767 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Darra. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 27.6% were employed part-time and 8.1% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Darra, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Darra was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Darra included Professionals 17.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.9%, Labourers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 8.1% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Darra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.4%, School Education 3.3%, Hospitals 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0% and State Government Administration 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Darra was $464.

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In Darra, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.0%, Train 11.3%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 2.2% and Train, bus 2.0%. On the day, 17.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Darra, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 9.8% 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 Darra, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Darra, 44.5% were couple families with children, 30.1% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Darra 15.6% of single parents were male and 84.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Darra, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,818 and those without children was $1,983.

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Employment status of couple families

In Darra, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 4.7% had both employed part-time and 15.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Darra, 93.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darra, 86.1% were separate houses, 12.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Darra, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.6% had 2 bedrooms and 59.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Darra, 28.9% were owned outright, 30.3% were owned with a mortgage and 36.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Darra, of all households, 73.6% were family households, 20.6% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Darra, 21.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.2% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Darra, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Darra, there were 56 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 57.1%) were male and 24 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Darra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Darra, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $320 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,204.