Dalwallinu (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,665 people were counted in Dalwallinu (S): of these 53.3% were male and 46.7% were female. Of the total population 4.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S) there were 492 children aged 0-14 years and 276 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 1,553 people were Australian citizens, 132 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 60.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.4% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 29.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 88.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dalwallinu (S) were New Zealand 2.4%, England 2.2%, South Africa 1.3%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Dalwallinu (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 15.2%, Catholic 13.5%, Uniting Church 10.1% and Brethren 9.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Afrikaans 1.1%, Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.3% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 872 people aged 15 years and over in Dalwallinu (S) were in the labour force. Of these 69.2% worked full-time, 25.0% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 280 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 26.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 10.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Professionals 5.2%, Associate Professionals 4.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dalwallinu (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 30.6%, Education 4.9%, Government Administration 3.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 410 families were counted: of these, 35.4% were couple families without children, 55.4% were couple families with children, 8.5% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 570 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dalwallinu (S), 92.6% were separate houses, 2.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 49.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.7% were being purchased and 21.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 87.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dalwallinu (S), 71.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.