North Dandalup

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 572 people in North Dandalup of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Dandalup was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.0% of the population.

Of people in North Dandalup aged 15 years and over, 55.9% were married and 10.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Dandalup was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 22 years.

In North Dandalup, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Dandalup was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In North Dandalup 28.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.8% were in primary school, 16.0% in secondary school and 11.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Dandalup were Australian 33.3%, English 32.1%, Scottish 8.5%, Irish 5.9% and German 2.6%.

In North Dandalup, 75.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.7%, Netherlands 1.2%, Singapore 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0% and Scotland 1.0%.

In North Dandalup, 62.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Dandalup were No Religion 28.7%, Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 15.2%, Christian, nfd 3.5% and Uniting Church 3.1%.

In North Dandalup 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Filipino 0.7%, Thai 0.5% and Min Nan 0.5%.

Employment

There were 289 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Dandalup. Of these 58.1% were employed full time, 31.1% were employed part-time and 3.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Dandalup, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 48.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Dandalup was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in North Dandalup included Technicians and Trades Workers 20.3%, Managers 16.0%, Labourers 13.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.1%, Professionals 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.3% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in North Dandalup, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 8.5%, Other Livestock Farming 6.0%, Metal Ore Mining 4.6%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 3.9% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Dandalup was $578.

In North Dandalup, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 57.2%, Car, as passenger 6.0%, Walked only 4.2%, Other 3.5% and Truck 2.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 63.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Dandalup, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.6% provided care for children and 9.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 16.3% 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 North Dandalup, 22.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Dandalup, 42.7% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 6.7% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In North Dandalup, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,125 and those without children was $2,666.

Employment status of couple families

In North Dandalup, of couple families with children, 16.4% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Dandalup, 84.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Dandalup, 94.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 4.0% were other dwellings.

In North Dandalup, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 11.8% had 2 bedrooms and 39.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Dandalup, 38.5% were owned outright, 40.0% were owned with a mortgage and 19.0% were rented.

Household composition

In North Dandalup, of all households, 79.4% were family households, 19.1% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In North Dandalup, 20.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.7% 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 North Dandalup, 17.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 36.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Dandalup, there were 14 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 7 (or 50.0%) were male and 7 (or 50.0%) 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 North Dandalup, 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 North Dandalup, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,213.