Dookie

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 517 people in Dookie of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dookie was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.7% of the population.

Of people in Dookie aged 15 years and over, 55.7% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dookie was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Dookie, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dookie was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 47 years.

In Dookie 28.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.4% were in primary school, 30.4% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dookie were English 32.5%, Australian 31.4%, Scottish 11.7%, Irish 11.7% and German 3.0%.

In Dookie, 94.0% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Italy 1.2%, Scotland 1.0%, England 0.8%, Northern Ireland 0.8% and United States of America 0.8%.

In Dookie, 87.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dookie were No Religion 26.6%, Catholic 24.5%, Uniting Church 22.0%, Anglican 16.6% and Presbyterian and Reformed 1.3%.

In Dookie 97.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.5% and Greek 0.6%.

Employment

There were 283 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dookie. Of these 55.8% were employed full time, 29.7% were employed part-time and 4.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dookie, 11.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.3% worked 16 to 24 hours and 50.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dookie was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The most common occupations in Dookie included Managers 26.9%, Professionals 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.5%, Labourers 9.5%, Sales Workers 7.6% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.9%.

Of the employed people in Dookie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 13.6%, School Education 9.2%, Tertiary Education 7.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.7% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dookie was $602.

In Dookie, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 61.2%, Walked only 6.6%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 1.5% and Car as driver, car as passenger 1.5%. On the day, 1.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 64.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dookie, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.8% provided care for children and 15.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 41.5% 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 Dookie, 24.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dookie, 42.4% were couple families with children, 45.1% were couple families without children and 10.4% were one parent families.

In Dookie 0.0% of single parents were male and 100.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dookie, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,722 and those without children was $1,536.

Employment status of couple families

In Dookie, of couple families with children, 26.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 29.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dookie, 81.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 19.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dookie, 98.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Dookie, of occupied private dwellings 1.5% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 58.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dookie, 39.9% were owned outright, 36.4% were owned with a mortgage and 19.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dookie, of all households, 72.7% were family households, 23.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Dookie, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.5% 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 Dookie, 21.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 43.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dookie, 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 Dookie, 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 Dookie, 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.