Djugun

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,895 people in Djugun of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 16.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Djugun was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 2.5% of the population.

Of people in Djugun aged 15 years and over, 43.9% were married and 9.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Djugun was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Djugun, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 22.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Djugun was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Djugun 35.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.9% were in primary school, 11.7% in secondary school and 13.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Djugun were Australian 29.2%, English 25.5%, Australian Aboriginal 6.6%, Irish 6.3% and Scottish 5.8%.

In Djugun, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, New Zealand 2.5%, South Africa 1.1%, Philippines 0.8% and Zimbabwe 0.4%.

In Djugun, 66.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Djugun were No Religion 33.9%, Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 15.3%, Christian, nfd 2.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.8%.

In Djugun 83.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.4%, Solomon Islands Pijin 0.4%, Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.4%, Tagalog 0.3% and Croatian 0.3%.

Employment

There were 1,575 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Djugun. Of these 69.0% were employed full time, 20.3% were employed part-time and 3.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Djugun, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Djugun was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Djugun included Professionals 19.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.1%, Managers 11.8%, Sales Workers 8.2%, Labourers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Djugun, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.4%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.5%, Hospitals 4.8%, State Government Administration 3.9% and Tertiary Education 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Djugun was $1,001.

In Djugun, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.6%, Car, as passenger 6.6%, Walked only 4.2%, Motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 0.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Djugun, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 34.9% provided care for children and 7.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Djugun, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Djugun, 53.4% were couple families with children, 32.9% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Djugun 21.7% of single parents were male and 78.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Djugun, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,453 and those without children was $2,545.

Employment status of couple families

In Djugun, of couple families with children, 34.7% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% 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 Djugun, 94.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Djugun, 85.3% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

In Djugun, of occupied private dwellings 3.8% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 36.9% 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 Djugun, 11.4% were owned outright, 27.4% were owned with a mortgage and 58.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Djugun, of all households, 78.5% were family households, 16.9% were single person households and 4.6% were group households.

In Djugun, 7.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 21.2% 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 Djugun, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Djugun, there were 463 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 248 (or 53.6%) were male and 215 (or 46.4%) were female. The median age was 27 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 Djugun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,795.

In Djugun, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $162 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,817.