Dandenong South

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 358 people in Dandenong South of these 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Dandenong South was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 5.3% of the population.

Of people in Dandenong South aged 15 years and over, 38.1% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dandenong South was 37 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Dandenong South, of people aged 15 years and over, 37.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dandenong South was 33 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 28 years.

In Dandenong South 33.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.3% were in primary school, 18.5% in secondary school and 9.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dandenong South were English 14.8%, Australian 11.3%, Afghan 9.7%, Indian 9.2% and Scottish 5.1%.

In Dandenong South, 41.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Afghanistan 10.6%, India 9.2%, Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.1%, New Zealand 2.8% and England 2.5%.

In Dandenong South, 27.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 67.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dandenong South were Islam 28.1%, No Religion 17.1%, Catholic 12.4%, Hinduism 6.7% and Anglican 4.5%.

In Dandenong South 44.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dari 10.9%, Hindi 3.9%, Bosnian 3.6%, Punjabi 3.1% and Arabic 2.8%.

Employment

There were 149 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dandenong South. Of these 65.8% were employed full time, 19.5% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dandenong South, 8.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 5.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 49.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dandenong South was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 30 years.

The most common occupations in Dandenong South included Technicians and Trades Workers 21.1%, Labourers 21.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 17.3%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.8%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.5%, Professionals 6.0% and Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.0%.

Of the employed people in Dandenong South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 7.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.2%, Residential Building Construction 3.0%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 3.0% and Accommodation 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dandenong South was $466.

In Dandenong South, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.6%, Bus 6.8%, Walked only 5.3%, Truck 4.5% and Train 3.0%. On the day, 18.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 61.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dandenong South, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.8% provided care for children and 10.0% 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 Dandenong South, 13.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 7.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dandenong South, 54.3% were couple families with children, 31.4% were couple families without children and 14.3% were one parent families.

In Dandenong South 23.1% of single parents were male and 76.9% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dandenong South, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $833 and those without children was $1,343.

Employment status of couple families

In Dandenong South, of couple families with children, 25.4% had both partners employed full-time, 5.1% had both employed part-time and 0.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dandenong South, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dandenong South, 40.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 57.2% were other dwellings.

In Dandenong South, of occupied private dwellings 28.1% had 1 bedroom, 5.8% had 2 bedrooms and 15.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 1.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dandenong South, 8.0% were owned outright, 26.3% were owned with a mortgage and 56.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dandenong South, of all households, 45.6% were family households, 51.5% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Dandenong South, 32.0% 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 Dandenong South, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 20.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dandenong South, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 50 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 Dandenong South, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Dandenong South, 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.