Dingo Pocket

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 359 people in Dingo Pocket of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 5.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Dingo Pocket was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.1% of the population.

Of people in Dingo Pocket aged 15 years and over, 56.4% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dingo Pocket was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 30 years.

In Dingo Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dingo Pocket was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Dingo Pocket 28.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 42.4% were in primary school, 25.3% in secondary school and 6.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dingo Pocket were Australian 35.2%, English 21.9%, Irish 8.2%, Italian 6.0% and Scottish 5.0%.

In Dingo Pocket, 84.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 2.0%, New Zealand 1.4%, Romania 1.1%, Canada 0.8% and El Salvador 0.8%.

In Dingo Pocket, 76.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dingo Pocket were Catholic 32.5%, Anglican 21.6%, No Religion 21.0%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Jehovah's Witnesses 2.8%.

In Dingo Pocket 93.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Greek 0.8%, Spanish 0.8%, Romanian 0.8% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.8%.

Employment

There were 181 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dingo Pocket. Of these 60.2% were employed full time, 22.7% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dingo Pocket, 8.3% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dingo Pocket was 49 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Dingo Pocket included Managers 24.3%, Labourers 20.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 15.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 10.1%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 10.1%, Professionals 5.9%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.9% and Sales Workers 4.7%.

Of the employed people in Dingo Pocket, the most common responses for industry of employment included Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 32.7%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 7.0%, Other Construction Services 4.7%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 4.1% and School Education 4.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dingo Pocket was $584.

In Dingo Pocket, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 52.6%, Walked only 12.3%, Car, as passenger 5.3%, Motorbike/scooter 4.1% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 2.3% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dingo Pocket, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.0% provided care for children and 8.1% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.0% 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 Pocket, 22.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.9% worked 15 to 29 hours and 16.4% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dingo Pocket, 50.0% were couple families with children, 39.8% were couple families without children and 10.2% were one parent families.

In Dingo Pocket 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dingo Pocket, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,591 and those without children was $1,406.

Employment status of couple families

In Dingo Pocket, of couple families with children, 19.1% had both partners employed full-time, 3.4% had both employed part-time and 24.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dingo Pocket, 90.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 10.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingo Pocket, 92.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.8% were other dwellings.

In Dingo Pocket, of occupied private dwellings 7.3% had 1 bedroom, 18.5% had 2 bedrooms and 45.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.8. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dingo Pocket, 28.5% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 32.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dingo Pocket, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 19.8% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Dingo Pocket, 18.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.6% 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 Pocket, 26.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 41.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dingo Pocket, there were 22 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 9 (or 40.9%) were male and 13 (or 59.1%) were female. The median age was 38 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 Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 6.3, with 1.6 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,562.

In Dingo Pocket, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $150 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,647.