Dunalley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 274 people in Dunalley of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Dunalley was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 16.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.8% of the population.

Of people in Dunalley aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 11.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dunalley was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Dunalley, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dunalley was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Dunalley 22.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 20.3% were in primary school, 20.3% in secondary school and 15.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dunalley were Australian 40.9%, English 31.4%, Irish 11.5%, Scottish 7.3% and Welsh 1.1%.

In Dunalley, 85.0% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were England 5.5%, Ireland 1.1%, Malaysia 1.1% and New Zealand 1.1%.

In Dunalley, 82.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dunalley were Anglican 35.9%, No Religion 20.5%, Catholic 17.2%, Christian, nfd 4.0% and Uniting Church 4.0%.

In Dunalley 93.5% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dunalley. Of these 47.6% were employed full time, 33.3% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dunalley, 20.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 29.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dunalley was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The most common occupations in Dunalley included Community and Personal Service Workers 20.4%, Managers 15.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.4%, Labourers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 9.7%, Professionals 8.0% and Sales Workers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Dunalley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 7.1%, Residential Building Construction 7.1%, Residential Care Services 6.2%, Pubs, Taverns and Bars 5.4% and State Government Administration 4.5%.

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

In Dunalley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 51.3%, Walked only 8.8%, Car, as passenger 2.7%, Bicycle 2.7% and Other 2.7%. On the day, 3.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 52.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dunalley, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.9% 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 Dunalley, 28.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dunalley, 35.1% were couple families with children, 56.8% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Dunalley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,125 and those without children was $1,625.

Employment status of couple families

In Dunalley, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 5.9% had both employed part-time and 13.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dunalley, 74.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 25.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunalley, 97.4% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dunalley, of occupied private dwellings 6.0% had 1 bedroom, 29.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunalley, 46.6% were owned outright, 33.9% were owned with a mortgage and 14.4% were rented.

Household composition

In Dunalley, of all households, 66.7% were family households, 30.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Dunalley, 39.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.9% 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 Dunalley, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dunalley, there were 19 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 47.4%) were male and 10 (or 52.6%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Dunalley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $633.

In Dunalley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.