Dromana

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,777 people were counted in Dromana: of these 47.9% were male and 52.1% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana there were 769 children aged 0-14 years and 1,808 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 4,173 people were Australian citizens, 863 were born overseas and 5 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 53.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 9.4% were widowed and 24.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 73.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dromana were England 6.3%, Italy 1.9%, New Zealand 1.1%, Greece 1.1% and Netherlands 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Dromana on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.5%, Anglican 22.0%, No Religion 19.8%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.2%, Greek 1.6%, Netherlandic 0.5%, German 0.4% and Croatian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,833 people aged 15 years and over in Dromana were in the labour force. Of these 53.7% worked full-time, 35.2% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.2% were unemployed. 1,887 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Professionals 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dromana, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.3%, Education 3.1%, Health Services 3.0%, Construction Trade Services 3.0% and Business Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 1,351 families were counted: of these, 49.7% were couple families without children, 33.4% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 2,134 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dromana, 90.8% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 49.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.3% were being purchased and 18.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dromana, 62.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.