Dingley Village

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 10,186 people in Dingley Village of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Dingley Village was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.0% of the population.

Of people in Dingley Village aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 9.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dingley Village was 53 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dingley Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 5.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dingley Village was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 44 years.

In Dingley Village 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.1% were in primary school, 27.5% in secondary school and 21.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dingley Village were Australian 26.9%, English 26.7%, Irish 7.4%, Scottish 6.6% and Italian 4.2%.

In Dingley Village, 74.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 4.9%, India 1.6%, New Zealand 1.3%, Greece 1.2% and Sri Lanka 1.2%.

In Dingley Village, 53.6% of people had both parents born in Australia and 33.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dingley Village were Catholic 29.8%, No Religion 19.1%, Anglican 19.0%, Eastern Orthodox 5.2% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

In Dingley Village 82.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 3.7%, Italian 1.5%, Vietnamese 1.0%, Turkish 0.9% and Cantonese 0.6%.

Employment

There were 5,488 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dingley Village. Of these 59.4% were employed full time, 31.7% were employed part-time and 3.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dingley Village, 12.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dingley Village was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Dingley Village included Professionals 19.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.1%, Managers 13.7%, Sales Workers 11.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3%, Labourers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Dingley Village, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.3%, Hospitals 3.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.4%, Building Installation Services 2.7% and Legal and Accounting Services 2.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dingley Village was $606.

In Dingley Village, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 71.6%, Car, as passenger 3.5%, Train 2.1%, Train, car as driver 1.9% and Walked only 1.0%. On the day, 6.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dingley Village, of people aged 15 years and over, 72.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.4% provided care for children and 12.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.5% 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 Dingley Village, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dingley Village, 50.5% were couple families with children, 35.2% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Dingley Village 19.4% of single parents were male and 80.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dingley Village, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,358 and those without children was $2,092.

Employment status of couple families

In Dingley Village, of couple families with children, 20.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.3% had both employed part-time and 26.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dingley Village, 94.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingley Village, 85.7% were separate houses, 7.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Dingley Village, of occupied private dwellings 1.2% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 46.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingley Village, 46.6% were owned outright, 39.8% were owned with a mortgage and 10.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Dingley Village, of all households, 77.9% were family households, 20.8% were single person households and 1.2% were group households.

In Dingley Village, 19.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 12.4% 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 Dingley Village, 29.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 42.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dingley Village, there were 18 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 13 (or 72.2%) were male and 5 (or 27.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Dingley Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,250.

In Dingley Village, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $4,000.