Dugandan

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Dugandan of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Dugandan was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.7% of the population.

Of people in Dugandan aged 15 years and over, 56.0% were married and 10.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dugandan was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Dugandan, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dugandan was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 26 years.

In Dugandan 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 38.7% were in primary school, 24.5% in secondary school and 8.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dugandan were Australian 32.7%, English 24.4%, German 15.9%, Scottish 6.3% and Irish 5.2%.

In Dugandan, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.3%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.5%, South Africa 1.8%, New Zealand 1.3% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 1.0%.

In Dugandan, 73.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dugandan were No Religion 20.0%, Catholic 18.5%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 14.9% and Lutheran 7.3%.

In Dugandan 89.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Korean 2.0%, German 1.0%, Finnish 1.0%, Cantonese 1.0% and Filipino 0.8%.

Employment

There were 173 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dugandan. Of these 52.0% were employed full time, 34.7% were employed part-time and 5.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dugandan, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dugandan was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Dugandan included Labourers 20.6%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.4%, Managers 13.8%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Professionals 11.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Dugandan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Mushroom and Vegetable Growing 6.9%, School Education 6.3%, Accommodation 4.4%, Residential Building Construction 3.8% and Residential Care Services 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dugandan was $432.

In Dugandan, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.1%, Car, as passenger 11.9%, Bicycle 2.5%, Truck 1.9% and Train, car as passenger 1.9%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dugandan, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.3% provided care for children and 11.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 19.3% 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 Dugandan, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dugandan, 40.0% were couple families with children, 49.5% were couple families without children and 10.5% were one parent families.

In Dugandan 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dugandan, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,687 and those without children was $1,687.

Employment status of couple families

In Dugandan, of couple families with children, 16.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 25.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dugandan, 87.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 12.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dugandan, 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 Dugandan, of occupied private dwellings 2.7% had 1 bedroom, 12.2% had 2 bedrooms and 43.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dugandan, 35.4% were owned outright, 32.0% were owned with a mortgage and 27.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dugandan, of all households, 70.9% were family households, 27.0% were single person households and 2.0% were group households.

In Dugandan, 28.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.3% 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 Dugandan, 43.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 18.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dugandan, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 38.9%) were male and 11 (or 61.1%) were female. The median age was 37 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 Dugandan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $700.

In Dugandan, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.