Dalyellup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 7,109 people in Dalyellup of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Dalyellup was 29 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 32.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 3.5% of the population.

Of people in Dalyellup aged 15 years and over, 57.2% were married and 9.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dalyellup was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dalyellup, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dalyellup was 41 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Dalyellup 36.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 40.7% were in primary school, 21.0% in secondary school and 12.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dalyellup were English 31.4%, Australian 29.4%, Scottish 5.9%, Irish 5.9% and Italian 3.5%.

In Dalyellup, 68.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.2%, South Africa 6.7%, New Zealand 3.2%, Zimbabwe 1.7% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Dalyellup, 52.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dalyellup were No Religion 26.7%, Anglican 21.5%, Catholic 20.9%, Christian, nfd 4.5% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.8%.

In Dalyellup 86.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 3.8%, Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Tagalog 0.4% and Filipino 0.4%.

Employment

There were 3,479 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dalyellup. Of these 61.6% were employed full time, 26.9% were employed part-time and 4.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dalyellup, 10.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dalyellup was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 37 years.

The most common occupations in Dalyellup included Professionals 19.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.8%, Managers 10.9%, Sales Workers 10.0%, Labourers 8.7%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.5% and Community and Personal Service Workers 8.2%.

Of the employed people in Dalyellup, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.0%, Basic Non-Ferrous Metal Manufacturing 4.7%, Metal Ore Mining 3.4%, Hospitals 3.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dalyellup was $759.

In Dalyellup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.7%, Car, as passenger 7.4%, Bus 2.9%, Walked only 1.3% and Other 1.1%. On the day, 3.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dalyellup, 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, 43.5% provided care for children and 7.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.9% 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 Dalyellup, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dalyellup, 58.9% were couple families with children, 26.7% were couple families without children and 13.7% were one parent families.

In Dalyellup 14.5% of single parents were male and 85.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dalyellup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,381 and those without children was $2,267.

Employment status of couple families

In Dalyellup, of couple families with children, 21.5% had both partners employed full-time, 2.6% had both employed part-time and 25.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dalyellup, 90.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalyellup, 98.4% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dalyellup, of occupied private dwellings 1.1% had 1 bedroom, 2.1% had 2 bedrooms and 15.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.8. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalyellup, 13.8% were owned outright, 55.5% were owned with a mortgage and 28.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dalyellup, of all households, 86.7% were family households, 10.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Dalyellup, 11.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.4% 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 Dalyellup, 25.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 50.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 19.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dalyellup, there were 199 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 97 (or 48.7%) were male and 102 (or 51.3%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Dalyellup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $966.

In Dalyellup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $207 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,167.