Dunwich

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 883 people in Dunwich of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 40.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dunwich was 39 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Dunwich aged 15 years and over, 36.6% were married and 18.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dunwich was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Dunwich, of people aged 15 years and over, 36.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dunwich was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Dunwich 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.8% were in primary school, 21.8% in secondary school and 6.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dunwich were Australian 34.7%, English 20.9%, Australian Aboriginal 9.4%, Irish 7.1% and Scottish 6.9%.

In Dunwich, 86.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.8%, England 2.4%, India 0.7%, France 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

In Dunwich, 77.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 11.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dunwich were Catholic 27.1%, Anglican 23.7%, No Religion 19.5%, Christian, nfd 2.8% and Uniting Church 2.8%.

In Dunwich 90.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Indonesian 0.6%, German 0.5%, Yumplatok (Torres Strait Creole) 0.5% and Other Australian Indigenous Languages, nec 0.5%.

Employment

There were 377 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dunwich. Of these 53.6% were employed full time, 32.9% were employed part-time and 6.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dunwich, 11.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dunwich was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 41 years.

The most common occupations in Dunwich included Labourers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 16.5%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 14.0%, Professionals 13.1%, Managers 10.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 6.8% and Sales Workers 5.7%.

Of the employed people in Dunwich, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Ore Mining 21.6%, Accommodation 4.9%, Residential Care Services 4.6%, School Education 4.3% and Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dunwich was $452.

In Dunwich, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 48.6%, Walked only 11.5%, Car, as passenger 8.9%, Ferry, car as driver 3.4% and Bus 3.2%. On the day, 12.6% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dunwich, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 29.5% provided care for children and 12.7% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 22.8% 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 Dunwich, 25.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dunwich, 32.4% were couple families with children, 36.5% were couple families without children and 28.4% were one parent families.

In Dunwich 22.4% of single parents were male and 77.6% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dunwich, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,843 and those without children was $1,856.

Employment status of couple families

In Dunwich, of couple families with children, 16.3% had both partners employed full-time, 5.2% had both employed part-time and 19.0% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dunwich, 85.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 15.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunwich, 87.6% were separate houses, 2.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 9.0% were other dwellings.

In Dunwich, of occupied private dwellings 7.2% had 1 bedroom, 21.1% had 2 bedrooms and 47.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dunwich, 34.5% were owned outright, 20.6% were owned with a mortgage and 43.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dunwich, of all households, 63.1% were family households, 32.9% were single person households and 4.0% were group households.

In Dunwich, 32.8% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.2% 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 Dunwich, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 27.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dunwich, there were 355 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 171 (or 48.2%) were male and 184 (or 51.8%) were female. The median age was 26 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 Dunwich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2.6, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $696.

In Dunwich, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $190 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,675.