Dandenong North

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 21,910 people in Dandenong North of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Dandenong North was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.4% of the population.

Of people in Dandenong North aged 15 years and over, 51.3% were married and 10.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dandenong North was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Dandenong North, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dandenong North was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dandenong North 30.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.0% were in primary school, 21.6% in secondary school and 20.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dandenong North were English 13.1%, Australian 12.4%, Italian 5.1%, Indian 4.8% and Greek 4.1%.

In Dandenong North, 44.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Sri Lanka 5.0%, India 4.7%, Vietnam 2.4%, Italy 2.2% and England 2.2%.

In Dandenong North, 21.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 71.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dandenong North were Catholic 27.5%, No Religion 11.5%, Eastern Orthodox 11.2%, Islam 9.3% and Anglican 7.2%.

In Dandenong North 42.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 4.4%, Arabic 4.4%, Serbian 4.1%, Vietnamese 3.6% and Italian 3.1%.

Employment

There were 9,706 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dandenong North. Of these 58.6% were employed full time, 27.2% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dandenong North, 10.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Dandenong North included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.0%, Labourers 13.9%, Professionals 13.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.9%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Managers 7.2%.

Of the employed people in Dandenong North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%, Hospitals 3.3%, School Education 2.8%, Residential Care Services 2.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dandenong North was $430.

In Dandenong North, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.2%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Train 2.4%, Bus 2.0% and Train, car as driver 1.4%. On the day, 8.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dandenong North, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 10.2% 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 Dandenong North, 20.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dandenong North, 48.6% were couple families with children, 30.5% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Dandenong North 17.0% of single parents were male and 83.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dandenong North, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,923 and those without children was $1,742.

Employment status of couple families

In Dandenong North, of couple families with children, 16.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 14.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dandenong North, 93.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dandenong North, 87.7% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

In Dandenong North, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 13.1% had 2 bedrooms and 57.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dandenong North, 35.5% were owned outright, 35.0% were owned with a mortgage and 25.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Dandenong North, of all households, 78.0% were family households, 19.3% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Dandenong North, 26.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Dandenong North, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dandenong North, there were 132 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 63 (or 47.7%) were male and 69 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 19 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 Dandenong North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.3, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $666.

In Dandenong North, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $196 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,432.