Denistone East

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,098 people in Denistone East of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Denistone East was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.7% of the population.

Of people in Denistone East aged 15 years and over, 62.0% were married and 6.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Denistone East was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Denistone East, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 3.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Denistone East was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Denistone East 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.8% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 22.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Denistone East were English 18.7%, Chinese 18.7%, Australian 18.2%, Irish 6.4% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Denistone East, 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.5%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.7%, England 2.6% and Sri Lanka 2.2%.

In Denistone East, 33.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Denistone East were Catholic 34.3%, No Religion 22.4%, Anglican 12.9%, Buddhism 4.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.0%.

In Denistone East 59.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 10.0%, Cantonese 8.9%, Korean 3.9%, Italian 2.5% and Tamil 1.6%.

Employment

There were 1,052 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Denistone East. Of these 63.8% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 3.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Denistone East, 9.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Denistone East was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Denistone East included Professionals 33.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Managers 14.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Sales Workers 8.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 5.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Denistone East, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.6%, Hospitals 3.9%, Computer System Design and Related Services 3.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0% and Tertiary Education 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Denistone East was $679.

In Denistone East, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.7%, Train 7.5%, Bus 6.3%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Walked only 2.7%. On the day, 17.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Denistone East, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.7% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.6% 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 Denistone East, 28.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Denistone East, 58.2% were couple families with children, 28.8% were couple families without children and 12.0% were one parent families.

In Denistone East 8.7% of single parents were male and 91.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Denistone East, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,870 and those without children was $3,154.

Employment status of couple families

In Denistone East, of couple families with children, 26.0% had both partners employed full-time, 1.5% had both employed part-time and 24.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Denistone East, 95.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 4.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denistone East, 81.3% were separate houses, 18.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Denistone East, of occupied private dwellings 0.4% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 51.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denistone East, 47.3% were owned outright, 38.3% were owned with a mortgage and 12.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Denistone East, of all households, 83.5% were family households, 14.8% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Denistone East, 14.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 24.5% 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 Denistone East, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Denistone East, 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 Denistone East, 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 Denistone East, 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.