Dee Why

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 16,434 people were counted in Dee Why: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why there were 2,474 children aged 0-14 years and 3,459 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 12,899 people were Australian citizens, 5,719 were born overseas and 172 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 42.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.0% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 37.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 56.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dee Why were England 5.4%, New Zealand 3.8%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.6%, Philippines 1.9% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Dee Why on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 20.3%, No Religion 15.2%, Orthodox 4.2% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Serbian 3.0%, Italian 2.2%, Mandarin 2.1%, Tagalog (Filipino) 1.5% and Cantonese 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 70.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,516 people aged 15 years and over in Dee Why were in the labour force. Of these 67.9% worked full-time, 25.2% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 3,757 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.4%, Associate Professionals 8.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dee Why, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Health Services 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 4,359 families were counted: of these, 41.7% were couple families without children, 38.2% were couple families with children, 17.0% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 7,480 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dee Why, 22.9% were separate houses, 4.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 72.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 30.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.5% were being purchased and 43.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 69.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dee Why, 57.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.2% were single (or lone) person households and 6.2% were group households.