Dalwallinu

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 565 people in Dalwallinu of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dalwallinu was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.5% of the population.

Of people in Dalwallinu aged 15 years and over, 48.3% were married and 7.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dalwallinu was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Dalwallinu, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dalwallinu was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 35 years.

In Dalwallinu 24.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 34.1% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 13.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dalwallinu were English 35.8%, Australian 34.3%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 5.0% and German 2.2%.

In Dalwallinu, 79.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.1%, New Zealand 3.0%, South Africa 2.3%, Zimbabwe 0.9% and Croatia 0.5%.

In Dalwallinu, 66.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dalwallinu were No Religion 22.1%, Anglican 19.6%, Catholic 14.7%, Brethren 14.3% and Uniting Church 8.0%.

In Dalwallinu 90.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Thai 1.4%, Shona 1.1%, Korean 0.9%, Afrikaans 0.7% and Tagalog 0.7%.

Employment

There were 322 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dalwallinu. Of these 68.0% were employed full time, 20.5% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dalwallinu, 7.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 61.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dalwallinu was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Dalwallinu included Managers 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Labourers 11.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.2%, Professionals 8.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.6% and Sales Workers 8.6%.

Of the employed people in Dalwallinu, the most common responses for industry of employment included Polymer Product Manufacturing 9.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.9%, Local Government Administration 7.6%, School Education 7.0% and Hospitals 7.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dalwallinu was $711.

In Dalwallinu, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.3%, Walked only 10.5%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 1.9% and Bicycle 1.6%. On the day, 0.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dalwallinu, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.5% 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 Dalwallinu, 19.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dalwallinu, 48.6% were couple families with children, 42.3% were couple families without children and 9.2% were one parent families.

In Dalwallinu 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dalwallinu, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,799 and those without children was $2,146.

Employment status of couple families

In Dalwallinu, of couple families with children, 20.6% had both partners employed full-time, 3.8% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dalwallinu, 80.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalwallinu, 96.4% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

In Dalwallinu, of occupied private dwellings 3.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.7% had 2 bedrooms and 48.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalwallinu, 29.1% were owned outright, 29.5% were owned with a mortgage and 39.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dalwallinu, of all households, 63.2% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 2.7% were group households.

In Dalwallinu, 23.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Dalwallinu, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dalwallinu, there were 32 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 53.1%) were male and 15 (or 46.9%) were female. The median age was 51 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 Dalwallinu, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Dalwallinu, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $320.