Dinner Plain (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 580 people were counted in Dinner Plain (L): of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L) there were 155 children aged 0-14 years and 39 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 520 people were Australian citizens, 58 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 51.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 1.5% were widowed and 42.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 82.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dinner Plain (L) were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 0.7% and United States of America 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Dinner Plain (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 30.0%, Catholic 18.6%, Anglican 16.0%, Uniting Church 7.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.2%, German 0.9%, Netherlandic 0.5%, Polish 0.5% and Serbian 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 341 people aged 15 years and over in Dinner Plain (L) were in the labour force. Of these 61.9% worked full-time, 34.9% worked part-time, 1.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 1.5% were unemployed. 56 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.9%, Associate Professionals 15.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.2%, Managers and Administrators 10.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dinner Plain (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 14.6%, Business Services 9.7%, Health Services 9.0%, Education 5.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 16 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 50.0% were couple families with children, 18.8% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 135 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dinner Plain (L), 85.2% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 12.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 9.6% were being purchased and 57.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 23.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 74.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dinner Plain (L), 11.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 4.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.