Dolphin Sands

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 278 people in Dolphin Sands of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Dolphin Sands was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 14.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.5% of the population.

Of people in Dolphin Sands aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 17.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dolphin Sands was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 38 years.

In Dolphin Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dolphin Sands was 57 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Dolphin Sands 20.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.7% were in primary school, 5.5% in secondary school and 21.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dolphin Sands were English 30.4%, Australian 29.8%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 8.1% and German 4.6%.

In Dolphin Sands, 76.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Scotland 2.9%, Netherlands 1.8%, Argentina 1.1% and Germany 1.1%.

In Dolphin Sands, 71.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dolphin Sands were No Religion 28.9%, Anglican 25.7%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 2.9%.

In Dolphin Sands 87.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Spanish 2.2%, Mandarin 2.2%, Dutch 1.4% and Nepali 1.1%.

Employment

There were 120 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dolphin Sands. Of these 45.8% were employed full time, 45.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dolphin Sands, 21.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 18.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 34.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dolphin Sands was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Dolphin Sands included Labourers 28.8%, Managers 22.9%, Professionals 17.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.1%, Sales Workers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.5%.

Of the employed people in Dolphin Sands, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.1%, Accommodation 6.9%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 6.0%, Hospitals 6.0% and Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 5.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dolphin Sands was $389.

In Dolphin Sands, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 50.0%, Walked only 10.3%, Truck 2.6% and Car as driver, motorbike/scooter, other 2.6%. 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 52.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dolphin Sands, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.9% provided care for children and 11.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.8% 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 Dolphin Sands, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 19.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dolphin Sands, 40.6% were couple families with children, 59.4% were couple families without children and 0.0% were one parent families.

In Dolphin Sands 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dolphin Sands, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,375 and those without children was $1,145.

Employment status of couple families

In Dolphin Sands, of couple families with children, 6.1% had both partners employed full-time, 9.1% had both employed part-time and 25.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dolphin Sands, 34.1% of private dwellings were occupied and 65.9% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dolphin Sands, 97.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

In Dolphin Sands, of occupied private dwellings 9.8% had 1 bedroom, 24.1% had 2 bedrooms and 38.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dolphin Sands, 51.9% were owned outright, 15.7% were owned with a mortgage and 32.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Dolphin Sands, of all households, 59.5% were family households, 35.1% were single person households and 5.4% were group households.

In Dolphin Sands, 39.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Dolphin Sands, 36.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dolphin Sands, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Dolphin Sands, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $900.

In Dolphin Sands, 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.