Douglas Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,056 people in Douglas Park of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Douglas Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Douglas Park aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 11.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Douglas Park was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In Douglas Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Douglas Park was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Douglas Park 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.6% were in primary school, 27.8% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Douglas Park were Australian 31.1%, English 30.6%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.3% and German 4.1%.

In Douglas Park, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, New Zealand 1.4%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 0.9% and Gaza Strip and West Bank 0.5%.

In Douglas Park, 65.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Douglas Park were Anglican 35.7%, Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 14.3%, Christian, nfd 2.9% and Uniting Church 2.4%.

In Douglas Park 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.4%, Arabic 1.1%, Italian 0.8%, Maltese 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 589 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Douglas Park. Of these 66.2% were employed full time, 26.7% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Douglas Park, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Douglas Park was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Douglas Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Professionals 13.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.0%, Labourers 9.5%, Managers 9.0% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Douglas Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Building Installation Services 4.2%, Road Freight Transport 3.5%, Hospitals 3.0% and Coal Mining 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Douglas Park was $651.

In Douglas Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.8%, Train 4.6%, Truck 3.9%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Train, car as driver 1.8%. On the day, 7.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Douglas Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 12.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Douglas Park, 25.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Douglas Park, 54.3% were couple families with children, 32.0% were couple families without children and 12.7% were one parent families.

In Douglas Park 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Douglas Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,347 and those without children was $1,941.

Employment status of couple families

In Douglas Park, of couple families with children, 28.0% had both partners employed full-time, 2.3% had both employed part-time and 23.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Douglas Park, 92.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Douglas Park, 93.4% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

In Douglas Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 6.6% had 2 bedrooms and 34.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.6. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Douglas Park, 32.2% were owned outright, 53.6% were owned with a mortgage and 13.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Douglas Park, of all households, 86.7% were family households, 12.0% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Douglas Park, 12.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 16.5% 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 Douglas Park, 18.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Douglas Park, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 5 (or 35.7%) were male and 9 (or 64.3%) 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 Douglas Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $500.

In Douglas Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $230 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,925.