Dongara

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,202 people were counted in Dongara: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 2.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara there were 508 children aged 0-14 years and 638 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 2,038 people were Australian citizens, 293 were born overseas and 22 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 57.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.0% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 25.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 82.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dongara were England 6.7%, New Zealand 2.5%, Scotland 1.2%, Germany 0.4% and Wales 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Dongara on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 32.9%, No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 18.0%, Uniting Church 8.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.2%, German 0.1%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Indonesian 0.1% and Turkish 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 96.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 909 people aged 15 years and over in Dongara were in the labour force. Of these 46.0% worked full-time, 36.0% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 15.0% were unemployed. 741 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.8%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Professionals 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dongara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Commercial Fishing 4.1%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.9%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Construction Trade Services 2.8% and Agriculture 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 610 families were counted: of these, 46.2% were couple families without children, 42.3% were couple families with children, 11.5% 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 Dongara, 918 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dongara, 79.6% were separate houses, 5.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 10.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 39.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.9% were being purchased and 29.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dongara, 66.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.