Dee Why

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,838 people in Dee Why of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dee Why was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Dee Why aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 13.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dee Why was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Dee Why, of people aged 15 years and over, 42.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dee Why was 42 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Dee Why 26.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.2% were in primary school, 15.9% in secondary school and 27.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dee Why were English 24.3%, Australian 19.3%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 5.9% and Italian 4.0%.

In Dee Why, 56.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 3.4%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.2%, India 2.8% and Brazil 2.2%.

In Dee Why, 36.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 49.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dee Why were Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 23.6%, Anglican 15.9%, Buddhism 3.9% and Uniting Church 3.3%.

In Dee Why 66.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Portuguese 2.4%, Serbian 2.1%, Mandarin 2.1%, Italian 1.8% and Tagalog 1.4%.

Employment

There were 12,036 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dee Why. Of these 66.5% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dee Why, 7.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dee Why was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Dee Why included Professionals 22.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.3%, Managers 13.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.5%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Labourers 8.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Dee Why, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.3%, School Education 3.0%, Residential Care Services 2.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 2.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dee Why was $765.

In Dee Why, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.9%, Bus 17.6%, Walked only 5.1%, Car, as passenger 5.0% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. On the day, 21.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dee Why, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.8% provided care for children and 9.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 14.0% 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 Dee Why, 27.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 6.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dee Why, 39.3% were couple families with children, 43.1% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Dee Why 17.8% of single parents were male and 82.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dee Why, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,291 and those without children was $2,178.

Employment status of couple families

In Dee Why, of couple families with children, 31.9% had both partners employed full-time, 4.4% had both employed part-time and 22.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dee Why, 92.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 7.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dee Why, 19.5% were separate houses, 3.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 76.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Dee Why, of occupied private dwellings 17.0% had 1 bedroom, 57.4% had 2 bedrooms and 13.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.2. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dee Why, 21.3% were owned outright, 33.1% were owned with a mortgage and 42.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dee Why, of all households, 62.5% were family households, 31.4% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In Dee Why, 17.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.1% 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 Dee Why, 50.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 6.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dee Why, there were 92 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 54 (or 58.7%) were male and 38 (or 41.3%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Dee Why, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,402.

In Dee Why, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $385 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,550.