Greater Dandenong (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 123,965 people were counted in Greater Dandenong (C): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C) there were 24,028 children aged 0-14 years and 27,499 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 102,085 people were Australian citizens, 63,283 were born overseas and 571 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 50.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 31.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 42.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greater Dandenong (C) were Viet Nam 8.4%, Cambodia 3.5%, Sri Lanka 3.2%, England 2.5% and Italy 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Greater Dandenong (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.1%, Buddhism 13.5%, No Religion 10.7%, Anglican 8.4% and Orthodox 7.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 9.5%, Khmer 3.7%, Cantonese 3.6%, Greek 3.4% and Italian 3.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 42.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 53,988 people aged 15 years and over in Greater Dandenong (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 24.6% worked part-time, 4.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.3% were unemployed. 41,174 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Professionals 4.5%, Associate Professionals 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 1.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greater Dandenong (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.8%, Business Services 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Petroleum, Coal, Chemical and Associated Product Manufacturing 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 32,557 families were counted: of these, 27.8% were couple families without children, 51.2% were couple families with children, 18.9% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 43,370 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greater Dandenong (C), 73.3% were separate houses, 8.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 42.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.1% were being purchased and 26.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Dandenong (C), 72.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.