Dalby

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 12,299 people in Dalby of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Dalby was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.6% of the population.

Of people in Dalby aged 15 years and over, 51.7% were married and 10.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dalby was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Dalby, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dalby was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Dalby 31.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.7% were in primary school, 19.0% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dalby were Australian 33.7%, English 26.7%, Irish 8.4%, German 7.4% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Dalby, 83.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.2%, England 1.1%, Philippines 1.0%, South Africa 0.8% and Fiji 0.2%.

In Dalby, 84.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dalby were Catholic 25.2%, Anglican 21.7%, No Religion 12.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 8.2% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

In Dalby 87.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.6%, Tagalog 0.5%, Filipino 0.4%, Hindi 0.2% and German 0.1%.

Employment

There were 5,773 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dalby. Of these 63.6% were employed full time, 27.4% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dalby, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.4% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Dalby included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Professionals 13.3%, Labourers 12.3%, Managers 11.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Sales Workers 10.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.0%.

Of the employed people in Dalby, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.0%, Local Government Administration 3.5%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.1%, Hospitals 3.0% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dalby was $608.

In Dalby, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.9%, Car, as passenger 7.9%, Walked only 5.7%, Truck 1.6% and Bicycle 1.3%. On the day, 0.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dalby, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.0% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.2% 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 Dalby, 23.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dalby, 44.9% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 15.1% were one parent families.

In Dalby 16.1% of single parents were male and 83.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dalby, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,085 and those without children was $1,829.

Employment status of couple families

In Dalby, of couple families with children, 21.8% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 25.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dalby, 88.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalby, 92.9% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

In Dalby, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalby, 29.4% were owned outright, 34.5% were owned with a mortgage and 33.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Dalby, of all households, 74.3% were family households, 21.8% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Dalby, 20.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Dalby, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dalby, there were 693 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 329 (or 47.5%) were male and 364 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Dalby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,084.

In Dalby, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,596.