Dundas Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 4,628 people in Dundas Valley of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Dundas Valley was 37 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.4% of the population.

Of people in Dundas Valley aged 15 years and over, 50.8% were married and 11.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dundas Valley was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Dundas Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dundas Valley was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Dundas Valley 31.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.7% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 29.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dundas Valley were Australian 19.4%, English 18.2%, Chinese 13.8%, Korean 5.9% and Irish 5.7%.

In Dundas Valley, 55.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 9.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 5.6%, England 2.4%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.9% and Lebanon 1.9%.

In Dundas Valley, 34.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 54.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dundas Valley were Catholic 29.7%, No Religion 20.6%, Anglican 13.5%, Presbyterian and Reformed 4.7% and Buddhism 4.2%.

In Dundas Valley 55.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Mandarin 8.6%, Korean 7.2%, Cantonese 6.2%, Arabic 4.1% and Armenian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 2,284 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dundas Valley. Of these 61.7% were employed full time, 27.1% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dundas Valley, 10.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.1% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dundas Valley was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Dundas Valley included Professionals 25.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Managers 11.3%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.5%, Labourers 8.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.2%.

Of the employed people in Dundas Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Hospitals 4.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.6%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.5%, School Education 3.4% and Computer System Design and Related Services 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dundas Valley was $558.

In Dundas Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.5%, Car, as passenger 4.4%, Train 4.3%, Train, bus 4.1% and Bus 4.0%. On the day, 17.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 66.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dundas Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 15.8% 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 Dundas Valley, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dundas Valley, 52.9% were couple families with children, 29.6% were couple families without children and 15.7% were one parent families.

In Dundas Valley 16.3% of single parents were male and 83.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dundas Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,481 and those without children was $2,185.

Employment status of couple families

In Dundas Valley, of couple families with children, 23.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.6% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dundas Valley, 93.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 6.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundas Valley, 75.9% were separate houses, 14.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dundas Valley, of occupied private dwellings 6.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.8% had 2 bedrooms and 49.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundas Valley, 26.9% were owned outright, 38.7% were owned with a mortgage and 31.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dundas Valley, of all households, 72.1% were family households, 24.1% were single person households and 3.9% were group households.

In Dundas Valley, 25.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 13.1% 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 Dundas Valley, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 13.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dundas Valley, there were 39 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 17 (or 43.6%) were male and 22 (or 56.4%) were female. The median age was 24 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 Dundas Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $325.

In Dundas Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $76 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.