Dolls Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,784 people in Dolls Point of these 47.6% were male and 52.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Dolls Point was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.3% of the population.

Of people in Dolls Point aged 15 years and over, 43.2% were married and 17.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dolls Point was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Dolls Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dolls Point was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Dolls Point 23.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 19.5% were in primary school, 19.3% in secondary school and 24.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dolls Point were English 18.7%, Australian 14.5%, Greek 10.5%, Irish 7.3% and Scottish 5.2%.

In Dolls Point, 60.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Greece 3.9%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.9%, New Zealand 2.7%, England 2.4% and Egypt 2.2%.

In Dolls Point, 34.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dolls Point were Catholic 29.1%, Eastern Orthodox 17.5%, Anglican 13.6%, No Religion 13.0% and Islam 3.1%.

In Dolls Point 58.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 11.6%, Arabic 4.1%, Spanish 3.1%, Macedonian 2.4% and Mandarin 2.3%.

Employment

There were 972 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dolls Point. Of these 67.9% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 5.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dolls Point, 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dolls Point was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Dolls Point included Professionals 23.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.2%, Managers 12.1%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4% and Labourers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dolls Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Air and Space Transport 5.6%, Hospitals 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Building Installation Services 2.7% and Public Order and Safety Services 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dolls Point was $714.

In Dolls Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.6%, Train, bus 4.6%, Bus 4.0%, Car, as passenger 3.7% and Train 2.6%. On the day, 14.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dolls Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.5% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.1% 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 Dolls Point, 24.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dolls Point, 36.8% were couple families with children, 41.4% were couple families without children and 19.7% were one parent families.

In Dolls Point 20.4% of single parents were male and 79.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dolls Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,143 and those without children was $2,384.

Employment status of couple families

In Dolls Point, of couple families with children, 27.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 16.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dolls Point, 87.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dolls Point, 18.3% were separate houses, 17.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 63.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Dolls Point, of occupied private dwellings 5.9% had 1 bedroom, 54.2% had 2 bedrooms and 28.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.4. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dolls Point, 29.5% were owned outright, 28.1% were owned with a mortgage and 38.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dolls Point, of all households, 58.2% were family households, 39.4% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Dolls Point, 21.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 8.9% 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 Dolls Point, 49.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 30.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 5.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dolls Point, there were 13 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 69.2%) were male and 4 (or 30.8%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Dolls Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,125.

In Dolls Point, 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.