Downlands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Downlands of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Downlands was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Downlands aged 15 years and over, 58.0% were married and 6.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Downlands was 45 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Downlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Downlands was 45 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 25 years.

In Downlands 24.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 39.3% were in primary school, 29.5% in secondary school and 4.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Downlands were Australian 40.7%, English 39.0%, Irish 4.7%, Scottish 3.3% and Dutch 2.3%.

In Downlands, 90.6% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 1.7%, Germany 1.3%, Mauritius 1.3% and Switzerland 1.3%.

In Downlands, 82.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Downlands were No Religion 32.2%, Anglican 18.6%, Catholic 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Baptist 5.5%.

In Downlands 96.2% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 119 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Downlands. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 29.4% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Downlands, 12.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Downlands was 34 years and for people who were employed part-time was 31 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Downlands were Technicians and Trades Workers 24.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.8%, Sales Workers 17.1%, Professionals 15.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Labourers 8.1% and Managers 6.3%.

Of the employed people in Downlands, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 10.1%, Specialised Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 7.3%, School Education 7.3%, Building Installation Services 5.5% and Motor Vehicle Retailing 4.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Downlands was $567.

In Downlands, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 75.7% and Car, as passenger 4.5%. 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 81.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Downlands, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.5% provided care for children and 9.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.1% 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 Downlands, 33.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Downlands, 50.8% were couple families with children, 38.5% were couple families without children and 10.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Downlands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,410 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Downlands, of couple families with children, 12.1% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 27.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Downlands, 96.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 3.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Downlands, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Downlands, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 0.0% had 2 bedrooms and 84.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Downlands, 35.9% were owned outright, 44.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Downlands, of all households, 79.8% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Downlands, 13.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.5% 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 Downlands, 27.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 52.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Downlands, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 57.1%) were male and 6 (or 42.9%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Downlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $941.

In Downlands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $95 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,000.