Dales Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 412 people in Dales Creek of these 54.6% were male and 45.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dales Creek was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.2% of the population.

Of people in Dales Creek aged 15 years and over, 50.2% were married and 15.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dales Creek was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Dales Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dales Creek was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Dales Creek 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.8% were in primary school, 27.7% in secondary school and 16.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dales Creek were Australian 34.7%, English 25.4%, Irish 8.7%, Scottish 6.8% and German 4.5%.

In Dales Creek, 83.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.4%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 1.0%, Serbia 1.0% and Finland 0.7%.

In Dales Creek, 63.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dales Creek were No Religion 34.5%, Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 14.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.9%.

In Dales Creek 95.6% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Serbian 0.7%.

Employment

There were 230 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dales Creek. Of these 60.4% were employed full time, 28.7% were employed part-time and 5.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dales Creek, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dales Creek was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Dales Creek included Technicians and Trades Workers 26.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Professionals 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.3%, Managers 7.9%, Labourers 7.9% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dales Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.8%, Public Order and Safety Services 5.1%, Residential Building Construction 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Hospitals 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dales Creek was $596.

In Dales Creek, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 5.5%, Train 1.4%, Truck 1.4% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 77.9% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dales Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 76.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.8% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Dales Creek, 29.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dales Creek, 55.5% were couple families with children, 33.6% were couple families without children and 7.3% were one parent families.

In Dales Creek 33.3% of single parents were male and 66.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dales Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,824 and those without children was $1,916.

Employment status of couple families

In Dales Creek, of couple families with children, 20.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 34.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dales Creek, 90.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dales Creek, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dales Creek, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 49.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dales Creek, 20.9% were owned outright, 72.9% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dales Creek, of all households, 82.4% were family households, 15.3% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Dales Creek, 12.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.3% 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 Dales Creek, 19.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dales Creek, there were 7 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Dales Creek, 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 Dales Creek, 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.