Dicky Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,758 people in Dicky Beach of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Dicky Beach was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 15.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 26.7% of the population.

Of people in Dicky Beach aged 15 years and over, 46.1% were married and 15.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dicky Beach was 57 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Dicky Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 46.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dicky Beach was 58 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 39 years.

In Dicky Beach 26.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.5% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 12.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dicky Beach were English 30.8%, Australian 30.6%, Irish 9.4%, Scottish 8.6% and German 4.8%.

In Dicky Beach, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.7%, New Zealand 2.7%, South Africa 0.8%, Germany 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

In Dicky Beach, 69.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dicky Beach were No Religion 23.3%, Catholic 22.8%, Anglican 20.0%, Uniting Church 8.2% and Presbyterian and Reformed 3.4%.

In Dicky Beach 91.0% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Afrikaans 0.5%, German 0.5%, Portuguese 0.3%, Danish 0.2% and French 0.2%.

Employment

There were 716 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dicky Beach. Of these 51.0% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 6.3% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dicky Beach, 13.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.6% worked 40 hours or more.

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

The most common occupations in Dicky Beach included Professionals 22.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 18.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.2%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.6%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Managers 9.6%, Labourers 8.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.9%.

Of the employed people in Dicky Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.1%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.6%, Residential Care Services 4.4%, Hospitals 4.0% and Building Completion Services 3.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dicky Beach was $468.

In Dicky Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 62.0%, Car, as passenger 5.8%, Walked only 3.1%, Bus 1.6% and Truck 1.0%. On the day, 1.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 69.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dicky Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.3% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 24.8% provided care for children and 10.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.2% 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 Dicky Beach, 25.3% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dicky Beach, 32.7% were couple families with children, 47.9% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Dicky Beach 18.4% of single parents were male and 81.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dicky Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,327 and those without children was $1,521.

Employment status of couple families

In Dicky Beach, of couple families with children, 17.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.6% had both employed part-time and 17.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dicky Beach, 79.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dicky Beach, 67.6% were separate houses, 18.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.4% were flats, units or apartments and 8.8% were other dwellings.

In Dicky Beach, of occupied private dwellings 6.1% had 1 bedroom, 23.1% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dicky Beach, 40.7% were owned outright, 19.6% were owned with a mortgage and 36.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dicky Beach, of all households, 65.4% were family households, 32.6% were single person households and 2.1% were group households.

In Dicky Beach, 34.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.9% 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 Dicky Beach, 41.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dicky Beach, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 4 (or 23.5%) were male and 13 (or 76.5%) were female. The median age was 21 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 Dicky Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.5, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $574.

In Dicky Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $360 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950.