Dodges Ferry

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,319 people in Dodges Ferry of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Dodges Ferry was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.6% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.3% of the population.

Of people in Dodges Ferry aged 15 years and over, 43.3% were married and 17.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dodges Ferry was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 28 years.

In Dodges Ferry, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dodges Ferry was 49 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dodges Ferry 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.9% were in primary school, 24.0% in secondary school and 17.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dodges Ferry were Australian 35.2%, English 34.2%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 7.9% and German 2.3%.

In Dodges Ferry, 88.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.7%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.4%, Germany 0.3% and South Africa 0.3%.

In Dodges Ferry, 79.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dodges Ferry were No Religion 35.4%, Anglican 28.0%, Catholic 16.7%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.2%.

In Dodges Ferry 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included German 0.3%, Finnish 0.2%, French 0.2%, Dutch 0.1% and Portuguese 0.1%.

Employment

There were 1,131 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dodges Ferry. Of these 52.5% were employed full time, 33.6% were employed part-time and 7.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dodges Ferry, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dodges Ferry was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Dodges Ferry included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.9%, Professionals 16.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Sales Workers 9.5%, Managers 9.3%, Labourers 9.3% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.4%.

Of the employed people in Dodges Ferry, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Building Installation Services 3.9%, Residential Care Services 3.5% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dodges Ferry was $540.

In Dodges Ferry, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 69.1%, Car, as passenger 6.7%, Walked only 1.9%, Truck 1.3% and Bus 1.1%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dodges Ferry, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 35.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.0% 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 Dodges Ferry, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 14.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dodges Ferry, 43.5% were couple families with children, 35.6% were couple families without children and 19.6% were one parent families.

In Dodges Ferry 24.4% of single parents were male and 75.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dodges Ferry, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,763 and those without children was $1,758.

Employment status of couple families

In Dodges Ferry, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 24.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dodges Ferry, 75.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dodges Ferry, 99.2% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Dodges Ferry, of occupied private dwellings 3.6% had 1 bedroom, 23.5% had 2 bedrooms and 52.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dodges Ferry, 28.9% were owned outright, 47.6% were owned with a mortgage and 20.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dodges Ferry, of all households, 71.0% were family households, 26.6% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Dodges Ferry, 30.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.7% 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 Dodges Ferry, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dodges Ferry, there were 96 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 47 (or 49.0%) were male and 49 (or 51.0%) 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 Dodges Ferry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $928.

In Dodges Ferry, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $260 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,600.