South Dudley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 398 people in South Dudley of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in South Dudley was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.7% of the population.

Of people in South Dudley aged 15 years and over, 34.4% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in South Dudley was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In South Dudley, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in South Dudley was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In South Dudley 28.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 18.4% in secondary school and 20.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in South Dudley were English 34.6%, Australian 30.1%, Scottish 7.7%, Irish 7.1% and German 3.3%.

In South Dudley, 79.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, Scotland 1.5%, Germany 1.2%, Austria 1.0% and South Africa 1.0%.

In South Dudley, 66.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in South Dudley were No Religion 32.0%, Catholic 17.8%, Anglican 16.0%, Presbyterian and Reformed 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.0%.

In South Dudley 90.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0%, Spanish 0.8%, Hindi 0.8% and Sinhalese 0.8%.

Employment

There were 185 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in South Dudley. Of these 49.2% were employed full time, 40.5% were employed part-time and 1.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in South Dudley, 17.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 36.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in South Dudley was 35 years and for people who were employed part-time was 40 years.

The most common occupations in South Dudley included Labourers 22.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 19.4%, Sales Workers 18.9%, Professionals 12.8%, Managers 8.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.2% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in South Dudley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Supermarket and Grocery Stores 12.3%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.8%, Hospitals 5.0%, Other Social Assistance Services 4.5% and Local Government Administration 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in South Dudley was $401.

In South Dudley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 61.8%, Car, as passenger 13.5%, Walked only 5.6% and Bicycle 2.2%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 74.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In South Dudley, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.6% provided care for children and 11.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 17.3% 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 South Dudley, 22.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in South Dudley, 45.4% were couple families with children, 30.9% were couple families without children and 23.7% were one parent families.

In South Dudley 13.0% of single parents were male and 87.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In South Dudley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,899 and those without children was $1,042.

Employment status of couple families

In South Dudley, of couple families with children, 16.2% had both partners employed full-time, 8.1% had both employed part-time and 17.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In South Dudley, 87.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Dudley, 86.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In South Dudley, of occupied private dwellings 1.9% had 1 bedroom, 31.2% had 2 bedrooms and 51.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in South Dudley, 36.8% were owned outright, 35.5% were owned with a mortgage and 24.5% were rented.

Household composition

In South Dudley, of all households, 61.5% were family households, 32.1% were single person households and 6.4% were group households.

In South Dudley, 36.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.5% 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 South Dudley, 47.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In South Dudley, 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 South Dudley, 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 South Dudley, 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.