Delan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 295 people in Delan of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Delan was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in Delan aged 15 years and over, 55.6% were married and 16.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Delan was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Delan, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Delan was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Delan 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 23.8% in secondary school and 3.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Delan were English 34.1%, Australian 22.7%, Scottish 9.0%, Irish 8.3% and German 6.2%.

In Delan, 78.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 4.1%, England 3.4%, Czech Republic 1.4%, Germany 1.4% and Indonesia 1.4%.

In Delan, 69.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Delan were No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 12.3%, Christian, nfd 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Delan 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.7%, Italian 1.4%, German 1.0% and Czech 1.0%.

Employment

There were 131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Delan. Of these 50.4% were employed full time, 35.1% were employed part-time and 7.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Delan, 16.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 37.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Delan was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Delan included Labourers 25.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.2%, Managers 13.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.2%, Sales Workers 7.5% and Professionals 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Delan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 12.4%, Hospitals 5.8%, Machinery and Equipment Repair and Maintenance 5.8%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1% and Other Crop Growing 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Delan was $375.

In Delan, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.7%, Walked only 7.6% and Car, as passenger 5.9%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Delan, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 14.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.1% 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 Delan, 21.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Delan, 28.4% were couple families with children, 53.4% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Delan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Delan, of couple families with children, 11.4% had both partners employed full-time, 11.4% had both employed part-time and 17.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Delan, 86.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delan, 97.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

In Delan, of occupied private dwellings 13.4% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Delan, 43.2% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Delan, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 28.0% were single person households and 2.5% were group households.

In Delan, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.8% 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 Delan, 31.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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