Dynnyrne

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,481 people in Dynnyrne of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Dynnyrne was 27 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 11.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.6% of the population.

Of people in Dynnyrne aged 15 years and over, 31.1% were married and 7.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dynnyrne was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dynnyrne, of people aged 15 years and over, 33.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dynnyrne was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Dynnyrne 49.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 9.5% were in primary school, 8.0% in secondary school and 69.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dynnyrne were English 24.4%, Australian 23.8%, Chinese 11.2%, Scottish 7.0% and Irish 6.9%.

In Dynnyrne, 63.4% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 7.0%, Malaysia 5.0%, England 2.9%, Singapore 1.7% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.6%.

In Dynnyrne, 50.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 35.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dynnyrne were No Religion 43.7%, Anglican 14.3%, Catholic 12.4%, Buddhism 4.9% and Uniting Church 2.1%.

In Dynnyrne 70.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.6%, Cantonese 2.0%, Arabic 1.5%, Korean 1.5% and Greek 0.9%.

Employment

There were 744 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dynnyrne. Of these 46.9% were employed full time, 39.4% were employed part-time and 8.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dynnyrne, 20.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 12.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dynnyrne was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Dynnyrne included Professionals 39.1%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Managers 11.7%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.2%, Labourers 5.1% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 0.9%.

Of the employed people in Dynnyrne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 9.4%, State Government Administration 6.5%, Tertiary Education 6.5%, School Education 5.1% and Central Government Administration 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dynnyrne was $440.

In Dynnyrne, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.0%, Walked only 14.7%, Car, as passenger 8.1%, Bus 3.4% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 3.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 54.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dynnyrne, of people aged 15 years and over, 73.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 18.8% provided care for children and 7.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.9% 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 Dynnyrne, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dynnyrne, 41.4% were couple families with children, 44.3% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Dynnyrne 26.9% of single parents were male and 73.1% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dynnyrne, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $3,265 and those without children was $1,886.

Employment status of couple families

In Dynnyrne, of couple families with children, 22.0% had both partners employed full-time, 7.2% had both employed part-time and 20.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dynnyrne, 90.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dynnyrne, 65.7% were separate houses, 14.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 20.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dynnyrne, of occupied private dwellings 6.8% had 1 bedroom, 22.5% had 2 bedrooms and 36.5% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dynnyrne, 32.0% were owned outright, 26.6% were owned with a mortgage and 39.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dynnyrne, of all households, 55.6% were family households, 24.3% were single person households and 20.2% were group households.

In Dynnyrne, 20.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.7% 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 Dynnyrne, 39.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dynnyrne, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 50.0%) were male and 6 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Dynnyrne, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Dynnyrne, 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.