Dulcot

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 245 people in Dulcot of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dulcot was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.6% of the population.

Of people in Dulcot aged 15 years and over, 55.8% were married and 12.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dulcot was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 21 years.

In Dulcot, of people aged 15 years and over, 55.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dulcot was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 50 years.

In Dulcot 38.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.8% were in primary school, 28.3% in secondary school and 30.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dulcot were English 40.0%, Australian 27.5%, Irish 10.1%, Scottish 6.6% and Dutch 3.9%.

In Dulcot, 84.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.8%, New Zealand 1.6%, French Polynesia 1.2%, Germany 1.2% and Scotland 1.2%.

In Dulcot, 73.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dulcot were No Religion 40.4%, Catholic 24.1%, Anglican 17.1%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Christian, nfd 2.4%.

In Dulcot 95.1% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 1.2% and French 1.2%.

Employment

There were 129 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dulcot. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 37.2% were employed part-time and 5.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dulcot, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dulcot was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Dulcot included Professionals 32.3%, Managers 16.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers 5.6%, Sales Workers 4.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Dulcot, the most common responses for industry of employment included State Government Administration 9.8%, School Education 7.4%, Bakery Product Manufacturing 4.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1% and Auxiliary Finance and Investment Services 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dulcot was $666.

In Dulcot, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.5%, Car, as passenger 12.3%, Motorbike/scooter 4.1% and Other 3.3%. On the day, 2.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 81.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dulcot, of people aged 15 years and over, 80.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.1% provided care for children and 15.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 27.4% 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 Dulcot, 34.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dulcot, 53.6% were couple families with children, 36.2% were couple families without children and 5.8% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Dulcot, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,625 and those without children was $2,250.

Employment status of couple families

In Dulcot, of couple families with children, 18.6% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 32.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dulcot, 100.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 0.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dulcot, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dulcot, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 9.0% had 2 bedrooms and 58.4% 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 Dulcot, 32.6% were owned outright, 56.2% were owned with a mortgage and 7.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dulcot, of all households, 71.9% were family households, 24.7% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Dulcot, 26.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.3% 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 Dulcot, 19.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 49.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dulcot, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Dulcot, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Dulcot, 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.