Dewhurst

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 134 people in Dewhurst of these 55.2% were male and 44.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dewhurst was 52 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 10.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 20.6% of the population.

Of people in Dewhurst aged 15 years and over, 57.6% were married and 9.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dewhurst was 59 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dewhurst, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dewhurst was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 62 years.

In Dewhurst 21.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 22.2% were in primary school, 22.2% in secondary school and 44.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dewhurst were Australian 40.1%, English 32.0%, Scottish 7.6%, German 4.7% and Irish 4.1%.

In Dewhurst, 80.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Germany 2.2%, Italy 2.2%, New Zealand 2.2% and Slovenia 2.2%.

In Dewhurst, 61.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dewhurst were Anglican 29.1%, No Religion 29.1%, Catholic 16.4%, Uniting Church 10.4% and Presbyterian and Reformed 6.7%.

In Dewhurst 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was German 3.0%.

Employment

There were 80 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dewhurst. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 38.8% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dewhurst, 12.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dewhurst was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in Dewhurst included Professionals 20.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 19.2%, Managers 14.1%, Labourers 11.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.3%, Sales Workers 10.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dewhurst, the most common responses for industry of employment included Legal and Accounting Services 5.1%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.8%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 3.8%, Converted Paper Product Manufacturing 3.8% and Domestic Appliance Manufacturing 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dewhurst was $676.

In Dewhurst, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.1%, Train, car as driver 7.7%, Train 3.8%, Car, as passenger 3.8% and Walked only 3.8%. On the day, 8.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dewhurst, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.7% provided care for children and 7.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.5% 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 Dewhurst, 28.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dewhurst, 41.5% were couple families with children, 43.9% were couple families without children and 14.6% were one parent families.

In Dewhurst 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dewhurst, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Dewhurst, of couple families with children, 15.2% had both partners employed full-time, 15.2% had both employed part-time and 24.2% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dewhurst, 80.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dewhurst, 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 Dewhurst, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 8.9% had 2 bedrooms and 46.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dewhurst, 53.3% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 6.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dewhurst, of all households, 80.0% were family households, 20.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dewhurst, 11.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 17.1% 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 Dewhurst, 17.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 34.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dewhurst, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Dewhurst, 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 Dewhurst, 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.