Dunnrock

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 258 people in Dunnrock of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Dunnrock was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Dunnrock aged 15 years and over, 53.8% were married and 13.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dunnrock was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dunnrock, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dunnrock was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Dunnrock 25.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 23.9% in secondary school and 10.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dunnrock were Australian 35.0%, English 29.4%, Scottish 11.3%, German 5.8% and Irish 4.6%.

In Dunnrock, 88.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.7%, England 1.2%, Germany 1.2%, Malta 1.2% and Thailand 1.2%.

In Dunnrock, 80.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 10.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dunnrock were Catholic 24.5%, No Religion 20.2%, Anglican 19.5%, Uniting Church 12.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.1%.

In Dunnrock 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Maltese 1.6% and Thai 1.6%.

Employment

There were 135 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dunnrock. Of these 62.2% were employed full time, 25.2% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dunnrock, 7.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 4.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dunnrock was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Dunnrock included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Managers 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 15.8%, Labourers 15.0%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.8%, Sales Workers 4.5% and Professionals 3.8%.

Of the employed people in Dunnrock, the most common responses for industry of employment included Other Crop Growing 10.5%, Coal Mining 9.0%, School Education 6.8%, Residential Building Construction 4.5% and Rail Freight Transport 4.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dunnrock was $606.

In Dunnrock, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 64.9%, Car, as passenger 6.1% and Walked only 3.1%. 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 71.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dunnrock, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.4% provided care for children and 3.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 Dunnrock, 30.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dunnrock, 46.6% were couple families with children, 39.7% were couple families without children and 6.8% were one parent families.

In Dunnrock 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dunnrock, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,718 and those without children was $2,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Dunnrock, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 25.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dunnrock, 89.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunnrock, 95.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.4% were other dwellings.

In Dunnrock, of occupied private dwellings 5.6% had 1 bedroom, 21.3% had 2 bedrooms and 42.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunnrock, 38.5% were owned outright, 33.0% were owned with a mortgage and 20.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dunnrock, of all households, 74.2% were family households, 20.2% were single person households and 5.6% were group households.

In Dunnrock, 15.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.1% 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 Dunnrock, 20.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dunnrock, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 3 (or 25.0%) were male and 9 (or 75.0%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Dunnrock, 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 $0.

In Dunnrock, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $350 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.