Dundowran Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,769 people in Dundowran Beach of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Dundowran Beach was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.0% of the population.

Of people in Dundowran Beach aged 15 years and over, 69.1% were married and 8.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dundowran Beach was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Dundowran Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dundowran Beach was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Dundowran Beach 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 33.5% were in primary school, 28.1% in secondary school and 14.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dundowran Beach were English 34.6%, Australian 25.7%, Scottish 8.7%, Irish 7.6% and German 5.5%.

In Dundowran Beach, 73.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.9%, New Zealand 3.2%, South Africa 1.5%, Germany 1.0% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Dundowran Beach, 61.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 27.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dundowran Beach were Anglican 25.2%, Catholic 22.2%, No Religion 20.9%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Dundowran Beach 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 1.0%, Afrikaans 0.6%, Dutch 0.3%, French 0.2% and Japanese 0.2%.

Employment

There were 783 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dundowran Beach. Of these 53.3% were employed full time, 33.7% were employed part-time and 7.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dundowran Beach, 12.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dundowran Beach was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Dundowran Beach included Professionals 19.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 13.0%, Managers 12.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Labourers 8.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.3%.

Of the employed people in Dundowran Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.8%, Residential Building Construction 5.2%, Hospitals 4.4%, Building Installation Services 3.6% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dundowran Beach was $489.

In Dundowran Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.0%, Car, as passenger 6.3%, Truck 1.9%, Other 0.6% and Train 0.4%. On the day, 0.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dundowran Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.0% 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 Dundowran Beach, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dundowran Beach, 38.2% were couple families with children, 56.5% were couple families without children and 5.3% were one parent families.

In Dundowran Beach 12.9% of single parents were male and 87.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dundowran Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,028 and those without children was $2,034.

Employment status of couple families

In Dundowran Beach, of couple families with children, 13.2% had both partners employed full-time, 4.9% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dundowran Beach, 88.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundowran Beach, 99.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Dundowran Beach, of occupied private dwellings 0.5% had 1 bedroom, 2.3% had 2 bedrooms and 31.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.7. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundowran Beach, 49.8% were owned outright, 37.9% were owned with a mortgage and 9.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dundowran Beach, of all households, 88.2% were family households, 10.2% were single person households and 1.6% were group households.

In Dundowran Beach, 18.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Dundowran Beach, 28.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 46.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dundowran Beach, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 15.8%) were male and 16 (or 84.2%) were female. The median age was 54 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 Dundowran Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,958.

In Dundowran Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $370 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,260.