Duffy

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,241 people in Duffy of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Duffy was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.9% of the population.

Of people in Duffy aged 15 years and over, 53.9% were married and 11.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Duffy was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Duffy, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Duffy was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Duffy 31.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 35.1% were in primary school, 22.4% in secondary school and 23.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Duffy were Australian 32.1%, English 24.4%, Irish 10.4%, Scottish 7.6% and German 3.7%.

In Duffy, 79.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 1.0%, India 0.9%, Germany 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

In Duffy, 59.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Duffy were No Religion 33.7%, Catholic 27.7%, Anglican 15.1%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.3%.

In Duffy 87.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.2%, German 1.0%, Spanish 0.9%, Croatian 0.7% and Serbian 0.5%.

Employment

There were 1,718 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Duffy. Of these 62.5% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 2.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Duffy, 9.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Duffy was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Duffy included Professionals 31.2%, Managers 19.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 5.6%, Labourers 3.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.7%.

Of the employed people in Duffy, the most common responses for industry of employment included Central Government Administration 22.3%, Tertiary Education 5.5%, Defence 5.0%, School Education 3.7% and Computer System Design and Related Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Duffy was $968.

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In Duffy, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.5%, Car, as passenger 6.1%, Bus 4.2%, Bicycle 2.5% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 4.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Duffy, of people aged 15 years and over, 84.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.8% provided care for children and 11.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Duffy, 35.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Duffy, 50.2% were couple families with children, 33.7% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Duffy 22.7% of single parents were male and 77.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Duffy, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,218 and those without children was $2,910.

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Employment status of couple families

In Duffy, of couple families with children, 27.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Duffy, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duffy, 88.9% were separate houses, 7.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Duffy, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.3% had 2 bedrooms and 47.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Duffy, 37.5% were owned outright, 41.2% were owned with a mortgage and 20.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Duffy, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 21.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Duffy, 10.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.9% 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 Duffy, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Duffy, there were 46 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 24 (or 52.2%) were male and 22 (or 47.8%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Duffy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.8 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,785.

In Duffy, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.