Dingo

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 342 people in Dingo of these 56.1% were male and 43.9% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Dingo was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.5% of the population.

Of people in Dingo aged 15 years and over, 52.1% were married and 15.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dingo was 48 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Dingo, of people aged 15 years and over, 52.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dingo was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 46 years.

In Dingo 25.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 37.8% were in primary school, 12.2% in secondary school and 5.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dingo were Australian 39.7%, English 27.9%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 7.1% and German 3.2%.

In Dingo, 83.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 2.1%, Papua New Guinea 1.2%, Cameroon 0.9%, England 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

In Dingo, 88.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 7.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dingo were No Religion 23.6%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 20.4%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian and Reformed 7.4%.

In Dingo 89.4% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 196 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dingo. Of these 73.5% were employed full time, 16.8% were employed part-time and 2.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dingo, 6.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 60.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dingo was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 46 years.

The most common occupations in Dingo included Machinery Operators And Drivers 28.4%, Managers 26.8%, Labourers 24.2%, Technicians and Trades Workers 5.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 5.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 4.1%, Professionals 2.1% and Sales Workers 1.5%.

Of the employed people in Dingo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 26.4%, Log Sawmilling and Timber Dressing 13.0%, Road Freight Transport 7.3%, Coal Mining 6.7% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dingo was $718.

In Dingo, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 41.1%, Walked only 19.8%, Car, as passenger 5.2%, Truck 4.7% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 3.1% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 49.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dingo, of people aged 15 years and over, 63.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 6.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Dingo, 23.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dingo, 43.0% were couple families with children, 48.8% were couple families without children and 8.1% were one parent families.

In Dingo 50.0% of single parents were male and 50.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dingo, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,833 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Dingo, of couple families with children, 37.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 13.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dingo, 84.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingo, 88.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 11.4% were other dwellings.

In Dingo, of occupied private dwellings 7.0% had 1 bedroom, 10.5% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingo, 35.7% were owned outright, 23.5% were owned with a mortgage and 35.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dingo, of all households, 77.2% were family households, 22.8% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dingo, 16.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.4% 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 Dingo, 21.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 28.3% had two registered motor vehicles and 42.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dingo, there were 17 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 14 (or 82.4%) were male and 3 (or 17.6%) were female. The median age was 32 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 Dingo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1.5 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $2,050.

In Dingo, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $115 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.