Dangar Island

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 267 people in Dangar Island of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dangar Island was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.7% of the population.

Of people in Dangar Island aged 15 years and over, 49.3% were married and 21.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dangar Island was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Dangar Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dangar Island was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Dangar Island 21.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 32.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dangar Island were English 31.5%, Australian 22.5%, Irish 9.5%, Scottish 7.2% and American 3.0%.

In Dangar Island, 63.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 12.0%, New Zealand 4.1%, United States of America 2.6%, South Africa 1.5% and Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1.1%.

In Dangar Island, 48.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 36.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dangar Island were No Religion 55.3%, Anglican 13.5%, Catholic 9.4%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Buddhism 3.4%.

In Dangar Island 86.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 4.5%, German 1.9%, Norwegian 1.9% and Cantonese 1.9%.

Employment

There were 140 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dangar Island. Of these 50.7% were employed full time, 40.0% were employed part-time and 5.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dangar Island, 17.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dangar Island was 53 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Dangar Island included Professionals 40.1%, Managers 12.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.2%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers 6.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.2%.

Of the employed people in Dangar Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.9%, Creative and Performing Arts Activities 5.2%, Hospitals 4.4% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dangar Island was $612.

In Dangar Island, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 21.5%, Train, ferry 10.4%, Walked only 7.4%, Car, as passenger 5.9% and Train, other 5.9%. On the day, 36.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 28.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dangar Island, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 42.0% 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 Dangar Island, 36.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dangar Island, 32.5% were couple families with children, 53.2% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Dangar Island 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dangar Island, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,833 and those without children was $3,041.

Employment status of couple families

In Dangar Island, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 16.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dangar Island, 60.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 39.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dangar Island, 97.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

In Dangar Island, of occupied private dwellings 8.6% had 1 bedroom, 36.2% had 2 bedrooms and 38.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dangar Island, 40.5% were owned outright, 35.3% were owned with a mortgage and 24.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Dangar Island, of all households, 65.5% were family households, 34.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dangar Island, 25.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.1% 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 Dangar Island, 58.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 12.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 0.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dangar Island, 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 Dangar Island, 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 Dangar Island, 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.