Daglish

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,215 people were counted in Daglish: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish there were 194 children aged 0-14 years and 322 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 1,059 people were Australian citizens, 328 were born overseas and 15 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 41.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.3% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 37.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 68.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Daglish were England 8.1%, New Zealand 3.0%, Malaysia 2.0%, Scotland 1.4% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Daglish on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.1%, No Religion 23.2%, Catholic 18.8%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 1.0%, Persian 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7%, Japanese 0.7% and German 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 672 people aged 15 years and over in Daglish were in the labour force. Of these 57.3% worked full-time, 33.2% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.3% were unemployed. 306 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 24.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.0%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Managers and Administrators 4.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Daglish, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.5%, Health Services 9.0%, Education 8.4%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.1% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 299 families were counted: of these, 38.5% were couple families without children, 42.1% were couple families with children, 15.4% were one parent families and 4.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 581 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Daglish, 69.0% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 37.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.2% were being purchased and 37.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Daglish, 51.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 39.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.0% were group households.