Dallas

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,323 people were counted in Dallas: of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas there were 1,604 children aged 0-14 years and 1,314 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 5,328 people were Australian citizens, 2,712 were born overseas and 24 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 54.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 49.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dallas were Turkey 15.8%, Iraq 4.2%, Lebanon 2.4%, England 1.8% and Viet Nam 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Dallas on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Islam 38.9%, Catholic 23.2%, No Religion 7.2%, Anglican 7.2% and Orthodox 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Turkish 27.7%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 8.0%, Assyrian (incl. Aramaic) 3.9%, Vietnamese 2.6% and Italian 2.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 34% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,962 people aged 15 years and over in Dallas were in the labour force. Of these 52.9% worked full-time, 24.3% worked part-time, 5.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 17.3% were unemployed. 2,448 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7%, Professionals 2.4%, Associate Professionals 2.1%, Managers and Administrators 0.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dallas, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%, Business Services 2.5%, Food Retailing 2.4%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.0% and Education 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 1,641 families were counted: of these, 24.1% were couple families without children, 54.1% were couple families with children, 20.2% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 1,957 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dallas, 88.3% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.7% were being purchased and 22.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 29.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 30.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dallas, 79.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.