Mount Dandenong

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,237 people in Mount Dandenong of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Mount Dandenong was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Mount Dandenong aged 15 years and over, 54.1% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Mount Dandenong was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Mount Dandenong, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Mount Dandenong was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Mount Dandenong 27.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 31.1% were in primary school, 24.9% in secondary school and 18.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Mount Dandenong were English 32.8%, Australian 24.9%, Irish 10.6%, Scottish 8.1% and German 4.5%.

In Mount Dandenong, 75.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.3%, Netherlands 1.8%, New Zealand 1.2%, Germany 1.1% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Mount Dandenong, 52.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 29.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Mount Dandenong were No Religion 41.6%, Catholic 17.5%, Anglican 16.6%, Christian, nfd 3.1% and Uniting Church 2.7%.

In Mount Dandenong 91.7% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Dutch 0.8%, Greek 0.7%, Afrikaans 0.5%, French 0.4% and Polish 0.3%.

Employment

There were 641 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Mount Dandenong. Of these 54.8% were employed full time, 34.8% were employed part-time and 3.7% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Mount Dandenong, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.0% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Mount Dandenong was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Mount Dandenong included Professionals 30.2%, Managers 18.8%, Technicians and Trades Workers 11.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Labourers 6.7%, Sales Workers 6.5% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 1.6%.

Of the employed people in Mount Dandenong, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 6.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9%, Tertiary Education 3.9%, Legal and Accounting Services 2.9% and Hospitals 2.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Mount Dandenong was $577.

In Mount Dandenong, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.2%, Car, as passenger 3.1%, Train, car as driver 2.3%, Train 2.0% and Train, bus 1.6%. On the day, 7.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Mount Dandenong, of people aged 15 years and over, 79.0% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.8% provided care for children and 13.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 25.5% 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 Mount Dandenong, 30.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Mount Dandenong, 43.3% were couple families with children, 42.2% were couple families without children and 13.4% were one parent families.

In Mount Dandenong 26.5% of single parents were male and 73.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Mount Dandenong, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,194 and those without children was $2,053.

Employment status of couple families

In Mount Dandenong, of couple families with children, 14.7% had both partners employed full-time, 6.3% had both employed part-time and 23.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Mount Dandenong, 88.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Dandenong, 97.6% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Mount Dandenong, of occupied private dwellings 5.2% had 1 bedroom, 16.3% had 2 bedrooms and 43.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Mount Dandenong, 40.8% were owned outright, 46.4% were owned with a mortgage and 11.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Mount Dandenong, of all households, 76.1% were family households, 22.4% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Mount Dandenong, 17.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 11.1% 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 Mount Dandenong, 29.3% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 44.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 21.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Mount Dandenong, 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 Mount Dandenong, 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 Mount Dandenong, 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.