Doomadgee

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,257 people in Doomadgee of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 92.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Doomadgee was 22 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 37.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.9% of the population.

Of people in Doomadgee aged 15 years and over, 21.3% were married and 3.6% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Doomadgee, of people aged 15 years and over, 17.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 35.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Doomadgee was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Doomadgee 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 66.0% were in primary school, 8.4% in secondary school and 2.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Doomadgee were Australian Aboriginal 84.9%, Australian 7.8%, English 2.2%, Scottish 0.6% and Maori 0.5%.

In Doomadgee, 97.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 0.7%, England 0.2%, New Zealand 0.2%, South Africa 0.2% and Zimbabwe 0.2%.

In Doomadgee, 96.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 2.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Doomadgee were Brethren 45.5%, No Religion 15.8%, Baptist 12.1%, Catholic 3.2% and Christian, nfd 3.2%.

In Doomadgee 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Waanyi 1.0%, Garrwa 0.4%, Filipino 0.3% and Southeast Asian Austronesian Languages, nec 0.2%.

Employment

There were 347 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Doomadgee. Of these 44.7% were employed full time, 26.8% were employed part-time and 19.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Doomadgee, 13.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Doomadgee was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Doomadgee included Labourers 33.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 22.2%, Professionals 14.0%, Managers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9% and Sales Workers 3.6%.

Of the employed people in Doomadgee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Civic, Professional and Other Interest Group Services 20.1%, School Education 17.6%, Local Government Administration 11.5%, Hospitals 5.4% and Public Order and Safety Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Doomadgee was $280.

In Doomadgee, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Walked only 52.3%, Car, as driver 20.8%, Car, as passenger 14.3%, Bus 1.1% and Truck 1.1%. On the day, 2.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 36.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Doomadgee, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 40.3% provided care for children and 5.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 6.1% 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 Doomadgee, 21.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 2.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 2.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Doomadgee, 55.7% were couple families with children, 16.0% were couple families without children and 24.0% were one parent families.

In Doomadgee 7.7% of single parents were male and 92.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Doomadgee, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,568 and those without children was $2,583.

Employment status of couple families

In Doomadgee, of couple families with children, 11.6% had both partners employed full-time, 2.8% had both employed part-time and 6.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Doomadgee, 88.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doomadgee, 93.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

In Doomadgee, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 24.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Doomadgee, 2.0% were owned outright, 9.3% were owned with a mortgage and 88.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Doomadgee, of all households, 87.9% were family households, 9.2% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Doomadgee, 17.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Doomadgee, 26.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 13.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Doomadgee, there were 1,168 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 607 (or 52.0%) were male and 561 (or 48.0%) 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 Doomadgee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5.6, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,089.

In Doomadgee, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $110 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $303.