Dutton Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,471 people in Dutton Park of these 51.7% were male and 48.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.4% of the population.

The median age of people in Dutton Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 14.0% of the population.

Of people in Dutton Park aged 15 years and over, 31.7% were married and 13.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dutton Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 26 years.

In Dutton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 31.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 10.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dutton Park was 47 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Dutton Park 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 17.5% were in primary school, 14.1% in secondary school and 50.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dutton Park were Australian 19.0%, English 18.6%, Irish 9.9%, Scottish 7.4% and Greek 5.3%.

In Dutton Park, 59.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, Greece 2.5%, China (excludes SARs and Taiwan) 2.4%, England 2.3% and United States of America 1.6%.

In Dutton Park, 41.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 43.6% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dutton Park were No Religion 33.7%, Catholic 20.2%, Anglican 9.9%, Eastern Orthodox 8.8% and Buddhism 4.0%.

In Dutton Park 67.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 5.6%, Mandarin 3.1%, Vietnamese 1.8%, Russian 1.4% and German 1.0%.

Employment

There were 757 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dutton Park. Of these 53.8% were employed full time, 33.2% were employed part-time and 9.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dutton Park, 13.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 40.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dutton Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 32 years.

The most common occupations in Dutton Park included Professionals 36.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 13.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.8%, Managers 11.0%, Labourers 9.0%, Sales Workers 7.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 6.8% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 2.6%.

Of the employed people in Dutton Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Tertiary Education 8.0%, Hospitals 7.8%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 7.4%, School Education 4.8% and Legal and Accounting Services 3.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dutton Park was $481.

In Dutton Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 36.9%, Bus 12.9%, Walked only 12.0%, Train 7.0% and Bicycle 5.8%. On the day, 21.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 41.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dutton Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 71.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 21.9% provided care for children and 9.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 26.7% 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 Dutton Park, 29.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 5.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dutton Park, 39.9% were couple families with children, 39.5% were couple families without children and 18.6% were one parent families.

In Dutton Park 17.5% of single parents were male and 82.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dutton Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,843 and those without children was $2,594.

Employment status of couple families

In Dutton Park, of couple families with children, 25.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 22.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

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

Of occupied private dwellings in Dutton Park, 55.9% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 41.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

In Dutton Park, of occupied private dwellings 23.5% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 28.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dutton Park, 20.8% were owned outright, 18.7% were owned with a mortgage and 57.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Dutton Park, of all households, 51.9% were family households, 34.1% were single person households and 14.0% were group households.

In Dutton Park, 36.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 14.3% 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 Dutton Park, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 23.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 11.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dutton Park, there were 24 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 66.7%) were male and 8 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 60 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 Dutton Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 1.7, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,083.

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