Daceyville

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,164 people in Daceyville of these 41.4% were male and 58.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Daceyville was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 35.1% of the population.

Of people in Daceyville aged 15 years and over, 27.2% were married and 23.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Daceyville was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Daceyville, of people aged 15 years and over, 28.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Daceyville was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Daceyville 29.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 13.8% were in primary school, 18.2% in secondary school and 18.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Daceyville were Australian 22.5%, English 18.5%, Irish 10.1%, Greek 4.9% and Scottish 4.2%.

In Daceyville, 57.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.8%, Greece 2.1%, New Zealand 1.7%, Vietnam 1.4% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.2%.

In Daceyville, 41.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Daceyville were Catholic 35.6%, Anglican 16.3%, No Religion 12.9%, Eastern Orthodox 7.0% and Judaism 2.4%.

In Daceyville 65.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.0%, Spanish 2.5%, Russian 2.1%, Vietnamese 2.0% and Italian 1.8%.

Employment

There were 320 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Daceyville. Of these 46.2% were employed full time, 33.8% were employed part-time and 9.7% were unemployed.

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Of employed people in Daceyville, 14.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Daceyville was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Daceyville included Clerical and Administrative Workers 20.0%, Professionals 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.4%, Managers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.4%, Labourers 9.7%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Daceyville, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.8%, Residential Building Construction 3.4% and Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Daceyville was $355.

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In Daceyville, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 44.5%, Bus 18.3%, Car, as passenger 4.8%, Bicycle 3.8% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 21.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 50.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Daceyville, of people aged 15 years and over, 48.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 15.3% provided care for children and 14.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Daceyville, 17.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Daceyville, 25.8% were couple families with children, 32.8% were couple families without children and 37.5% were one parent families.

In Daceyville 4.2% of single parents were male and 95.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Daceyville, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,250 and those without children was $1,424.

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Employment status of couple families

In Daceyville, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 16.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Daceyville, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daceyville, 23.7% were separate houses, 51.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 24.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Daceyville, of occupied private dwellings 26.5% had 1 bedroom, 32.4% had 2 bedrooms and 27.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Daceyville, 10.7% were owned outright, 6.1% were owned with a mortgage and 75.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Daceyville, of all households, 47.0% were family households, 48.9% were single person households and 4.2% were group households.

In Daceyville, 61.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.6% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

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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.

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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.

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Number of motor vehicles

In Daceyville, 38.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 2.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Daceyville, there were 55 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 23.6%) were male and 42 (or 76.4%) were female. The median age was 44 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 Daceyville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $522.

In Daceyville, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.