Denham Court

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,590 people in Denham Court of these 53.1% were male and 46.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Denham Court was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.7% of the population.

Of people in Denham Court aged 15 years and over, 61.2% were married and 5.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Denham Court was 49 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Denham Court, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 2.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Denham Court was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Denham Court 27.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.4% were in primary school, 25.8% in secondary school and 22.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Denham Court were English 21.7%, Australian 18.0%, Italian 13.9%, Irish 4.7% and Scottish 4.3%.

In Denham Court, 68.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 3.6%, England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.2%, India 0.9% and Vietnam 0.9%.

In Denham Court, 37.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 45.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Denham Court were Catholic 37.0%, Jehovah's Witnesses 19.9%, Anglican 13.8%, No Religion 6.5% and Eastern Orthodox 4.9%.

In Denham Court 71.2% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 5.6%, Arabic 3.2%, Spanish 1.8%, Cantonese 1.6% and Greek 1.1%.

Employment

There were 653 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Denham Court. Of these 65.4% were employed full time, 25.9% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Denham Court, 9.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 54.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Denham Court was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Denham Court included Professionals 20.9%, Managers 19.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.2%, Sales Workers 9.3%, Labourers 6.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.6%.

Of the employed people in Denham Court, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 4.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.7%, School Education 3.5%, Automotive Repair and Maintenance 3.4% and Building Installation Services 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Denham Court was $386.

In Denham Court, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 68.3%, Train 5.9%, Car, as passenger 5.4%, Truck 2.7% and Train, car as driver 0.8%. On the day, 7.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Denham Court, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 22.5% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 31.0% 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 Denham Court, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Denham Court, 56.9% were couple families with children, 32.7% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Denham Court 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Denham Court, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,853 and those without children was $2,312.

Employment status of couple families

In Denham Court, of couple families with children, 22.8% had both partners employed full-time, 3.0% had both employed part-time and 21.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Denham Court, 94.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denham Court, 85.1% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 10.5% were other dwellings.

In Denham Court, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 7.1% had 2 bedrooms and 13.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4.1. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Denham Court, 45.3% were owned outright, 34.9% were owned with a mortgage and 16.1% were rented.

Household composition

In Denham Court, of all households, 81.7% were family households, 15.7% were single person households and 2.6% were group households.

In Denham Court, 17.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 27.8% 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 Denham Court, 16.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 47.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Denham Court, there were 21 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 8 (or 38.1%) were male and 13 (or 61.9%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Denham Court, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $3,750.

In Denham Court, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600.