Five Dock

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 8,747 people in Five Dock of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Five Dock was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in Five Dock aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Five Dock was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Five Dock, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Five Dock was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Five Dock 26.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.8% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 23.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Five Dock were Italian 19.9%, Australian 17.4%, English 16.4%, Irish 7.5% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Five Dock, 63.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 9.9%, England 3.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.7% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.8%.

In Five Dock, 36.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 50.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Five Dock were Catholic 48.7%, No Religion 15.9%, Anglican 10.6%, Eastern Orthodox 4.8% and Buddhism 2.2%.

In Five Dock 62.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 16.0%, Cantonese 2.4%, Greek 2.2%, Mandarin 1.8% and Spanish 1.5%.

Employment

There were 4,721 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Five Dock. Of these 65.3% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Five Dock, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 52.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Five Dock was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Five Dock included Professionals 29.1%, Managers 18.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers 4.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Five Dock, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 4.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.0% and Depository Financial Intermediation 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Five Dock was $761.

In Five Dock, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.4%, Bus 13.1%, Car, as passenger 4.2%, Walked only 2.8% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 18.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Five Dock, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.1% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 13.7% 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 Five Dock, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Five Dock, 47.2% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Five Dock 16.9% of single parents were male and 83.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Five Dock, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,941 and those without children was $2,794.

Employment status of couple families

In Five Dock, of couple families with children, 25.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 22.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Five Dock, 93.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Five Dock, 49.2% were separate houses, 13.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

In Five Dock, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 38.7% had 2 bedrooms and 39.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Five Dock, 33.1% were owned outright, 30.7% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Five Dock, of all households, 69.8% were family households, 25.3% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Five Dock, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 22.2% 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 Five Dock, 40.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 10.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Five Dock, there were 37 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 15 (or 40.5%) were male and 22 (or 59.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Five Dock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,312.

In Five Dock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $300 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $3,300.