Dirranbandi

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 711 people in Dirranbandi of these 55.8% were male and 44.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dirranbandi was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.0% of the population.

Of people in Dirranbandi aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 9.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dirranbandi was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Dirranbandi, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dirranbandi was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dirranbandi 29.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 36.6% were in primary school, 15.1% in secondary school and 6.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dirranbandi were Australian 34.2%, English 29.4%, Irish 9.3%, Scottish 7.6% and German 4.4%.

In Dirranbandi, 87.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.8%, South Africa 1.8%, England 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 0.4%.

In Dirranbandi, 84.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dirranbandi were Catholic 32.0%, Anglican 31.6%, No Religion 8.6%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.6% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

In Dirranbandi 90.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.8%, Mandarin 1.1% and Tagalog 0.4%.

Employment

There were 357 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dirranbandi. Of these 70.0% were employed full time, 17.9% were employed part-time and 5.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dirranbandi, 7.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 66.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dirranbandi was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Dirranbandi included Managers 33.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 19.1%, Labourers 14.1%, Professionals 8.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 4.7% and Sales Workers 2.9%.

Of the employed people in Dirranbandi, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 29.2%, Other Crop Growing 10.2%, School Education 7.6%, Hospitals 4.7% and Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dirranbandi was $547.

In Dirranbandi, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.2%, Walked only 10.8%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Truck 1.8% and Motorbike/scooter 0.9%. 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 53.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dirranbandi, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.9% 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 Dirranbandi, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dirranbandi, 46.1% were couple families with children, 42.8% were couple families without children and 11.1% were one parent families.

In Dirranbandi 25.0% of single parents were male and 75.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dirranbandi, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,200 and those without children was $1,375.

Employment status of couple families

In Dirranbandi, of couple families with children, 27.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dirranbandi, 70.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dirranbandi, 92.5% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

In Dirranbandi, of occupied private dwellings 6.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.7% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dirranbandi, 33.7% were owned outright, 21.4% were owned with a mortgage and 34.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dirranbandi, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 27.4% were single person households and 2.8% were group households.

In Dirranbandi, 25.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.3% 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 Dirranbandi, 25.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dirranbandi, there were 123 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 69 (or 56.1%) were male and 54 (or 43.9%) were female. The median age was 22 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 Dirranbandi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,089.

In Dirranbandi, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $125 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083.