Dingup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 321 people in Dingup of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Dingup was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 27.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.1% of the population.

Of people in Dingup aged 15 years and over, 63.2% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dingup was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 18 years.

In Dingup, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dingup was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Dingup 34.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.7% were in primary school, 34.5% in secondary school and 2.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dingup were English 41.2%, Australian 28.8%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 6.5% and Italian 3.5%.

In Dingup, 82.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.6%, France 0.9%, New Zealand 0.9%, Philippines 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Dingup, 64.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dingup were No Religion 33.6%, Catholic 20.6%, Anglican 19.6%, Baptist 5.6% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Dingup 95.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.2% and German 0.9%.

Employment

There were 169 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dingup. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 36.7% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dingup, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dingup was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Dingup included Managers 16.8%, Professionals 16.2%, Labourers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Sales Workers 10.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.8%.

Of the employed people in Dingup, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 9.1%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dingup was $544.

In Dingup, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 8.5%, Other 1.8% and Walked only 1.8%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dingup, of people aged 15 years and over, 81.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 33.0% provided care for children and 10.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 36.2% 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 Dingup, 28.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.1% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dingup, 56.6% were couple families with children, 38.6% were couple families without children and 4.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Dingup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,458 and those without children was $1,416.

Employment status of couple families

In Dingup, of couple families with children, 21.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 32.5% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dingup, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingup, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.1% were other dwellings.

In Dingup, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 3.0% had 2 bedrooms and 40.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingup, 36.4% were owned outright, 45.5% were owned with a mortgage and 12.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Dingup, of all households, 85.0% were family households, 15.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dingup, 21.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.6% 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 Dingup, 14.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 40.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dingup, there were 10 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 70.0%) were male and 3 (or 30.0%) were female. The median age was 10 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 Dingup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $350.

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