Dalrymple

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 47,601 people in Dalrymple of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Dalrymple was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Dalrymple aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 12.5% were either divorced or separated.

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

In Dalrymple, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dalrymple was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dalrymple 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.9% were in primary school, 21.2% in secondary school and 8.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dalrymple were Australian 32.1%, English 27.7%, Irish 8.5%, Scottish 7.2% and German 4.4%.

In Dalrymple, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.4%, New Zealand 2.3%, Germany 0.6%, Italy 0.6% and Philippines 0.5%.

In Dalrymple, 74.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dalrymple were Catholic 24.5%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 18.3%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Dalrymple 88.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.9%, German 0.5%, Tagalog 0.2%, Dutch 0.2% and Afrikaans 0.2%.

Employment

There were 21,833 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dalrymple. Of these 61.3% were employed full time, 26.6% were employed part-time and 5.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dalrymple, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 51.8% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Dalrymple included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.5%, Managers 14.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Professionals 13.1%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.8% and Sales Workers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in Dalrymple, the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 10.0%, School Education 7.0%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.6%, Metal Ore Mining 3.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dalrymple was $520.

In Dalrymple, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.3%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 6.1%, Bus 2.2% and Truck 1.5%. On the day, 2.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dalrymple, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.8% provided care for children and 10.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.6% 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 Dalrymple, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dalrymple, 41.0% were couple families with children, 42.9% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Dalrymple 21.9% of single parents were male and 78.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dalrymple, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,193 and those without children was $1,890.

Employment status of couple families

In Dalrymple, of couple families with children, 21.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.3% had both employed part-time and 18.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dalrymple, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalrymple, 89.3% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Dalrymple, of occupied private dwellings 5.7% had 1 bedroom, 17.5% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalrymple, 36.7% were owned outright, 24.8% were owned with a mortgage and 34.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Dalrymple, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 25.1% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Dalrymple, 30.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 9.6% 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 Dalrymple, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dalrymple, there were 3,533 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 1,920 (or 54.3%) were male and 1,613 (or 45.7%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Dalrymple, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $871.

In Dalrymple, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,200.