Dennes Point

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 237 people in Dennes Point of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Dennes Point was 56 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 24.9% of the population.

Of people in Dennes Point aged 15 years and over, 52.2% were married and 20.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dennes Point was 62 years and the median age of people never married was 39 years.

In Dennes Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dennes Point was 63 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 53 years.

In Dennes Point 22.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.9% were in primary school, 14.8% in secondary school and 22.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dennes Point were Australian 33.7%, English 33.7%, Scottish 9.4%, Irish 6.8% and German 4.5%.

In Dennes Point, 78.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.9%, Germany 3.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Croatia 1.3% and Denmark 1.3%.

In Dennes Point, 69.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 18.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dennes Point were No Religion 42.9%, Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 8.0%, Uniting Church 4.2% and Buddhism 2.9%.

In Dennes Point 90.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.5%, Danish 1.3% and Japanese 1.3%.

Employment

There were 85 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dennes Point. Of these 45.9% were employed full time, 34.1% were employed part-time and 5.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dennes Point, 16.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.7% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.5% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dennes Point was 54 years and for people who were employed part-time was 48 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Dennes Point were Professionals 27.6%, Managers 26.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Labourers 9.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.3%.

Of the employed people in Dennes Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.7%, Aquaculture 9.1%, Accommodation 7.8%, Residential Care Services 7.8% and Residential Building Construction 6.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dennes Point was $396.

In Dennes Point, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 46.2%, Walked only 9.0%, Car, as passenger 5.1%, Ferry, car as driver 5.1% and Other 3.8%. On the day, 12.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 48.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dennes Point, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.8% provided care for children and 13.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.3% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Dennes Point, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 21.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 15.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dennes Point, 20.3% were couple families with children, 66.1% were couple families without children and 13.6% were one parent families.

In Dennes Point 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dennes Point, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,406 and those without children was $2,100.

Employment status of couple families

In Dennes Point, of couple families with children, 5.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.8% had both employed part-time and 7.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dennes Point, 28.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 71.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dennes Point, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dennes Point, of occupied private dwellings 13.3% had 1 bedroom, 31.6% had 2 bedrooms and 39.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.5. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dennes Point, 52.0% were owned outright, 26.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Dennes Point, of all households, 62.5% were family households, 37.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dennes Point, 40.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Dennes Point, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dennes Point, there were 12 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 75.0%) were male and 3 (or 25.0%) were female. The median age was 40 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Dennes Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $741.

In Dennes Point, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,064.