Dalyston

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 606 people in Dalyston of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Dalyston was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.9% of the population.

Of people in Dalyston aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 14.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dalyston was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Dalyston, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dalyston was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Dalyston 26.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 25.0% were in primary school, 20.0% in secondary school and 15.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dalyston were English 33.1%, Australian 29.5%, Scottish 9.7%, Irish 8.5% and Italian 4.2%.

In Dalyston, 82.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, United States of America 1.0%, Canada 0.7%, France 0.7% and Italy 0.7%.

In Dalyston, 70.7% of people had both parents born in Australia and 15.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dalyston were Catholic 29.4%, No Religion 27.7%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 2.3%.

In Dalyston 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Arabic 0.8%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Polish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 325 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dalyston. Of these 58.5% were employed full time, 33.5% were employed part-time and 2.2% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dalyston, 11.4% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dalyston was 42 years and for people who were employed part-time was 49 years.

The most common occupations in Dalyston included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.0%, Labourers 17.4%, Managers 14.6%, Professionals 13.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.0%, Sales Workers 8.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dalyston, the most common responses for industry of employment included Dairy Cattle Farming 7.0%, Hospitals 6.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1%, Building Installation Services 3.5% and Pubs, Taverns and Bars 3.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dalyston was $533.

In Dalyston, 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 5.7%, Walked only 3.5%, Train 1.6% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.6%. On the day, 1.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.4% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dalyston, of people aged 15 years and over, 67.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.8% provided care for children and 13.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.6% 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 Dalyston, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dalyston, 42.6% were couple families with children, 37.7% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Dalyston 18.5% of single parents were male and 81.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dalyston, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,636 and those without children was $1,424.

Employment status of couple families

In Dalyston, of couple families with children, 18.5% had both partners employed full-time, 5.4% had both employed part-time and 26.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dalyston, 79.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalyston, 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 Dalyston, of occupied private dwellings 1.7% had 1 bedroom, 15.4% had 2 bedrooms and 60.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dalyston, 35.6% were owned outright, 43.2% were owned with a mortgage and 18.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dalyston, of all households, 69.5% were family households, 28.8% were single person households and 1.7% were group households.

In Dalyston, 30.6% 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 Dalyston, 32.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dalyston, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Dalyston, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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