Diggers Rest

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,662 people in Diggers Rest of these 52.2% were male and 47.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Diggers Rest was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.7% of the population.

Of people in Diggers Rest aged 15 years and over, 37.4% were married and 16.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Diggers Rest was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Diggers Rest, of people aged 15 years and over, 38.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Diggers Rest was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Diggers Rest 26.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.9% were in primary school, 23.7% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Diggers Rest were Australian 30.5%, English 27.4%, Irish 7.8%, Scottish 5.7% and Italian 4.7%.

In Diggers Rest, 81.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.1%, Italy 1.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, India 0.7% and Malta 0.6%.

In Diggers Rest, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 22.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Diggers Rest were Catholic 32.0%, No Religion 24.0%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.2%.

In Diggers Rest 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 1.3%, Maltese 0.6%, Arabic 0.5%, Turkish 0.5% and Tagalog 0.5%.

Employment

There were 912 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Diggers Rest. Of these 60.7% were employed full time, 28.1% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Diggers Rest, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Diggers Rest was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Diggers Rest included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.2%, Labourers 11.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Professionals 9.2% and Managers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Diggers Rest, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 5.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.5%, Building Installation Services 3.4% and Residential Building Construction 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Diggers Rest was $568.

In Diggers Rest, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.3%, Train 4.2%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Truck 1.6% and Bus 1.2%. On the day, 6.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Diggers Rest, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.2% provided care for children and 12.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.3% 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 Diggers Rest, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Diggers Rest, 44.9% were couple families with children, 29.1% were couple families without children and 24.4% were one parent families.

In Diggers Rest 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Diggers Rest, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,836 and those without children was $1,827.

Employment status of couple families

In Diggers Rest, of couple families with children, 20.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 24.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Diggers Rest, 95.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diggers Rest, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

In Diggers Rest, of occupied private dwellings 0.6% had 1 bedroom, 5.5% had 2 bedrooms and 68.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Diggers Rest, 26.6% were owned outright, 53.0% were owned with a mortgage and 17.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Diggers Rest, of all households, 69.7% were family households, 27.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Diggers Rest, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 Diggers Rest, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Diggers Rest, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 10 (or 58.8%) were male and 7 (or 41.2%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Diggers Rest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Diggers Rest, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,010.