Denham

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 636 people in Denham of these 52.8% were male and 47.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 10.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Denham was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.4% of the population.

Of people in Denham aged 15 years and over, 47.7% were married and 16.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Denham was 61 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Denham, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 18.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Denham was 60 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 43 years.

In Denham 16.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.0% were in primary school, 15.2% in secondary school and 7.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Denham were Australian 34.1%, English 32.7%, Irish 8.3%, Scottish 6.3% and Italian 3.0%.

In Denham, 77.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 8.8%, New Zealand 1.9%, Netherlands 1.3%, Burma (Republic of the Union of Myanmar) 0.5% and France 0.5%.

In Denham, 60.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 23.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Denham were No Religion 29.6%, Anglican 26.3%, Catholic 24.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 2.7% and Uniting Church 2.5%.

In Denham 93.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Italian 0.5%, Macedonian 0.5% and Burmese 0.5%.

Employment

There were 328 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Denham. Of these 58.2% were employed full time, 29.6% were employed part-time and 4.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Denham, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Denham was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Denham included Labourers 20.5%, Managers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.2%, Professionals 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Denham, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 11.2%, Accommodation 8.9%, Local Government Administration 6.7%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 6.1% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Denham was $530.

In Denham, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 49.7%, Walked only 16.2%, Car, as passenger 8.3%, Other 2.9% and Bicycle 1.9%. On the day, 1.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Denham, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 12.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.4% 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 Denham, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Denham, 28.1% were couple families with children, 59.1% were couple families without children and 12.9% were one parent families.

In Denham 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Denham, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,625 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Denham, of couple families with children, 25.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.8% had both employed part-time and 20.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Denham, 68.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 32.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denham, 67.6% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.1% were flats, units or apartments and 13.3% were other dwellings.

In Denham, of occupied private dwellings 10.1% had 1 bedroom, 20.5% had 2 bedrooms and 48.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denham, 30.7% were owned outright, 14.1% were owned with a mortgage and 52.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Denham, of all households, 61.2% were family households, 35.1% were single person households and 3.6% were group households.

In Denham, 36.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Denham, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Denham, there were 64 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 36 (or 56.2%) were male and 28 (or 43.8%) were female. The median age was 43 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 Denham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $771.

In Denham, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $175 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867.