Greater Dandenong (C)

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 135,605 people in Greater Dandenong (C) of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Greater Dandenong (C) was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Greater Dandenong (C) aged 15 years and over, 50.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Greater Dandenong (C) was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Greater Dandenong (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 49.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 4.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Greater Dandenong (C) was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Greater Dandenong (C) 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.1% were in primary school, 20.2% in secondary school and 22.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Greater Dandenong (C) were English 11.0%, Australian 9.9%, Chinese 8.6%, Vietnamese 8.4% and Indian 6.3%.

In Greater Dandenong (C), 38.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 8.7%, India 7.4%, Sri Lanka 4.3%, Cambodia 4.0% and China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.5%.

In Greater Dandenong (C), 15.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 78.5% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Greater Dandenong (C) were Catholic 24.1%, Buddhism 16.4%, No Religion 12.0%, Islam 10.0% and Eastern Orthodox 6.2%.

In Greater Dandenong (C) 33.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 11.0%, Khmer 4.5%, Cantonese 3.5%, Punjabi 2.9% and Greek 2.8%.

Employment

There were 59,337 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Greater Dandenong (C). Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 27.0% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Greater Dandenong (C), 9.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Greater Dandenong (C) was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Greater Dandenong (C) included Labourers 17.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.1%, Professionals 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.9%, Sales Workers 8.7% and Managers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Greater Dandenong (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.8%, Hospitals 2.6%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 2.5%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.3% and Residential Care Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Greater Dandenong (C) was $396.

In Greater Dandenong (C), on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.6%, Car, as passenger 6.5%, Train 5.6%, Bus 2.1% and Walked only 1.7%. On the day, 12.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 72.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Greater Dandenong (C), of people aged 15 years and over, 55.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.8% provided care for children and 10.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.6% 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 Greater Dandenong (C), 19.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 7.8% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Greater Dandenong (C), 47.4% were couple families with children, 31.0% were couple families without children and 19.1% were one parent families.

In Greater Dandenong (C) 16.0% of single parents were male and 84.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Greater Dandenong (C), for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,810 and those without children was $1,587.

Employment status of couple families

In Greater Dandenong (C), of couple families with children, 17.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 12.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Greater Dandenong (C), 94.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Dandenong (C), 68.9% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 21.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

In Greater Dandenong (C), of occupied private dwellings 4.1% had 1 bedroom, 21.5% had 2 bedrooms and 50.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Greater Dandenong (C), 32.6% were owned outright, 29.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Greater Dandenong (C), of all households, 73.9% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 3.7% were group households.

In Greater Dandenong (C), 29.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Greater Dandenong (C), 37.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 32.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Greater Dandenong (C), there were 492 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 244 (or 49.6%) were male and 248 (or 50.4%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Greater Dandenong (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $791.

In Greater Dandenong (C), for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $220 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.