Don Valley (L)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 377 people in Don Valley (L) of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Don Valley (L) was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.0% of the population.

Of people in Don Valley (L) aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 12.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Don Valley (L) was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Don Valley (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Don Valley (L) was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 42 years.

In Don Valley (L) 32.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.4% were in primary school, 29.7% in secondary school and 13.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Don Valley (L) were Australian 36.7%, English 29.6%, Scottish 8.3%, Irish 7.9% and German 2.9%.

In Don Valley (L), 82.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 6.1%, New Zealand 2.1%, Germany 1.1%, Finland 0.8% and Korea, Republic of (South) 0.8%.

In Don Valley (L), 61.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Don Valley (L) were No Religion 40.5%, Catholic 15.5%, Anglican 10.9%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Christian, nfd 4.0%.

In Don Valley (L) 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8% and Finnish 0.8%.

Employment

There were 209 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Don Valley (L). Of these 50.2% were employed full time, 35.4% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Don Valley (L), 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Don Valley (L) was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Don Valley (L) included Technicians and Trades Workers 24.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.9%, Managers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.3%, Professionals 10.8%, Labourers 10.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.2% and Sales Workers 4.1%.

Of the employed people in Don Valley (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Building Construction 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.6%, Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 4.1% and Other Construction Services 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Don Valley (L) was $602.

In Don Valley (L), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.1%, Car, as passenger 5.7%, Truck 3.1%, Train, car as driver 2.1% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.1%. On the day, 2.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Don Valley (L), of people aged 15 years and over, 69.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 8.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.9% 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 Don Valley (L), 31.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Don Valley (L), 54.4% were couple families with children, 36.9% were couple families without children and 8.7% were one parent families.

In Don Valley (L) 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Don Valley (L), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $2,035.

Employment status of couple families

In Don Valley (L), of couple families with children, 16.1% had both partners employed full-time, 15.1% 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 Don Valley (L), 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Don Valley (L), 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 Don Valley (L), of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 15.7% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Don Valley (L), 33.6% were owned outright, 56.3% were owned with a mortgage and 5.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Don Valley (L), of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.8% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Don Valley (L), 16.7% 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 Don Valley (L), 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Don Valley (L), there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Don Valley (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Don Valley (L), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.