Dinmore

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 907 people in Dinmore of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 6.8% of the population.

The median age of people in Dinmore was 35 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.2% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.5% of the population.

Of people in Dinmore aged 15 years and over, 37.6% were married and 16.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dinmore was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Dinmore, of people aged 15 years and over, 34.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dinmore was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Dinmore 28.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 19.2% in secondary school and 10.0% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dinmore were English 28.7%, Australian 25.8%, Scottish 6.7%, German 5.5% and Samoan 4.5%.

In Dinmore, 69.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 5.3%, England 3.6%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 3.0%, Samoa 3.0% and Vietnam 0.9%.

In Dinmore, 59.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 28.1% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dinmore were No Religion 26.0%, Anglican 19.5%, Catholic 14.1%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Christian, nfd 3.3%.

In Dinmore 79.6% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 4.8%, Mandarin 4.4%, Vietnamese 0.4%, Amharic 0.4% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 374 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dinmore. Of these 64.2% were employed full time, 21.4% were employed part-time and 11.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dinmore, 5.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dinmore was 37 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Dinmore included Labourers 27.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.9%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 10.6%, Managers 6.7%, Professionals 6.7% and Sales Workers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Dinmore, the most common responses for industry of employment included Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 16.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.0%, Road Freight Transport 3.0%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 2.7% and Hospitals 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dinmore was $479.

In Dinmore, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 55.2%, Car, as passenger 11.3%, Train 10.4%, Walked only 4.0% and Bus 2.1%. On the day, 15.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dinmore, of people aged 15 years and over, 64.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 11.3% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.6% 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 Dinmore, 23.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.3% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dinmore, 29.9% were couple families with children, 34.2% were couple families without children and 30.3% were one parent families.

In Dinmore 24.7% of single parents were male and 75.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dinmore, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,071 and those without children was $1,683.

Employment status of couple families

In Dinmore, of couple families with children, 19.2% had both partners employed full-time, 2.7% had both employed part-time and 8.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dinmore, 94.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dinmore, 95.7% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dinmore, of occupied private dwellings 0.9% had 1 bedroom, 16.6% had 2 bedrooms and 62.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dinmore, 25.2% were owned outright, 27.9% were owned with a mortgage and 43.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Dinmore, of all households, 67.2% were family households, 27.6% were single person households and 5.2% were group households.

In Dinmore, 29.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 5.1% 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 Dinmore, 44.5% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 24.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 12.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dinmore, there were 64 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 32 (or 50.0%) were male and 32 (or 50.0%) were female. The median age was 28 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 Dinmore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $766.

In Dinmore, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $520.