Dangin

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 395 people in Dangin of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Dangin was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.6% of the population.

Of people in Dangin aged 15 years and over, 65.1% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dangin was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Dangin, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dangin was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 45 years.

In Dangin 21.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 58.1% were in primary school, 19.8% in secondary school and 10.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dangin were English 36.0%, Australian 34.1%, Scottish 6.0%, Irish 5.8% and Australian Aboriginal 4.0%.

In Dangin, 91.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.8%, Mexico 0.8%, New Zealand 0.8%, South Africa 0.8% and Switzerland 0.8%.

In Dangin, 76.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dangin were Anglican 35.9%, No Religion 23.5%, Catholic 15.9%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.0%.

In Dangin 98.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Nyungar 1.0%.

Employment

There were 228 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dangin. Of these 57.5% were employed full time, 30.3% were employed part-time and 4.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dangin, 15.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.9% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Dangin included Managers 53.0%, Professionals 8.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 7.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.4%, Labourers 7.0% and Sales Workers 1.4%.

Of the employed people in Dangin, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 52.1%, School Education 9.7%, Specialised Industrial Machinery and Equipment Wholesaling 3.2%, Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction 2.8% and Metal Ore Mining 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dangin was $594.

In Dangin, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 45.6%, Walked only 12.0%, Truck 4.6%, Other 4.6% and Car as driver, truck 1.4%. 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 44.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dangin, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.3% provided care for children and 9.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 46.4% 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 Dangin, 21.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dangin, 39.5% were couple families with children, 52.1% were couple families without children and 5.0% were one parent families.

In Dangin 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dangin, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Dangin, of couple families with children, 18.9% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 34.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dangin, 75.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dangin, 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 Dangin, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 17.1% had 2 bedrooms and 42.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dangin, 59.7% were owned outright, 20.1% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dangin, of all households, 77.0% were family households, 19.7% were single person households and 3.3% were group households.

In Dangin, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Dangin, 24.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 25.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 50.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dangin, there were 26 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 42.3%) were male and 15 (or 57.7%) were female. The median age was 13 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 Dangin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 8, with 4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Dangin, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $30 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.