Dulacca

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 249 people in Dulacca of these 55.4% were male and 44.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Dulacca was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 21.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Dulacca aged 15 years and over, 58.6% were married and 13.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dulacca was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dulacca, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 13.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dulacca was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Dulacca 24.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 45.9% were in primary school, 24.6% in secondary school and 13.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dulacca were English 36.8%, Australian 29.0%, Scottish 10.4%, German 10.1% and Irish 9.6%.

In Dulacca, 94.8% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Germany 2.4%, Papua New Guinea 1.6% and Indonesia 1.2%.

In Dulacca, 87.0% of people had both parents born in Australia and 5.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dulacca were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 11.2%, Presbyterian and Reformed 10.8% and Uniting Church 8.4%.

In Dulacca 96.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 2.0% and Latvian 1.2%.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dulacca. Of these 69.8% were employed full time, 18.3% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dulacca, 8.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.2% worked 16 to 24 hours and 67.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dulacca was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 51 years.

The only other responses for occupation in Dulacca were Managers 52.4%, Labourers 18.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 8.1%, Professionals 6.5%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 5.6% and Technicians and Trades Workers 2.4%.

Of the employed people in Dulacca, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 62.1%, School Education 5.6%, Agriculture and Fishing Support Services 3.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2% and Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dulacca was $406.

In Dulacca, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 39.5%, Walked only 6.5%, Car, as passenger 2.4%, Truck 2.4% and Motorbike/scooter 2.4%. 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 41.1% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dulacca, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 32.1% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 33.7% 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 Dulacca, 16.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 15.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dulacca, 37.0% were couple families with children, 50.7% were couple families without children and 8.2% were one parent families.

In Dulacca 27.3% of single parents were male and 72.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dulacca, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $841 and those without children was $1,166.

Employment status of couple families

In Dulacca, of couple families with children, 21.1% had both partners employed full-time, 4.2% had both employed part-time and 23.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dulacca, 73.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 26.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dulacca, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dulacca, of occupied private dwellings 3.1% had 1 bedroom, 14.3% had 2 bedrooms and 44.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dulacca, 34.4% were owned outright, 26.0% were owned with a mortgage and 29.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dulacca, of all households, 78.4% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dulacca, 40.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Dulacca, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 38.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 25.8% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dulacca, there were 4 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 4 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 11 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 Dulacca, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $833.

In Dulacca, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.