Dawesley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 266 people in Dawesley of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dawesley was 38 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.8% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 7.9% of the population.

Of people in Dawesley aged 15 years and over, 54.3% were married and 12.9% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dawesley was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 23 years.

In Dawesley, of people aged 15 years and over, 53.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dawesley was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 48 years.

In Dawesley 31.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 41.5% were in primary school, 28.0% in secondary school and 14.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dawesley were Australian 33.0%, English 32.4%, German 6.8%, Irish 5.2% and Scottish 4.9%.

In Dawesley, 81.1% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 10.9%, Egypt 1.1%, Hungary 1.1%, New Zealand 1.1% and Northern Ireland 1.1%.

In Dawesley, 58.1% 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 Dawesley were No Religion 38.0%, Catholic 11.3%, Anglican 10.5%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Lutheran 6.4%.

In Dawesley 92.5% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were French 1.5%, Italian 1.5% and Hungarian 1.5%.

Employment

There were 157 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dawesley. Of these 54.1% were employed full time, 36.3% were employed part-time and 3.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dawesley, 12.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.7% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dawesley was 45 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Dawesley included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.6%, Professionals 17.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.8%, Sales Workers 11.5%, Managers 8.3%, Labourers 6.4% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dawesley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Residential Care Services 8.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, School Education 4.5%, Metal Ore Mining 3.2% and Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 2.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dawesley was $593.

In Dawesley, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 70.8%, Car, as passenger 4.5%, Bus 3.2% and Bus, car as driver 2.6%. On the day, 5.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dawesley, of people aged 15 years and over, 86.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.7% provided care for children and 16.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.7% 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 Dawesley, 40.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dawesley, 51.3% were couple families with children, 35.9% were couple families without children and 12.8% were one parent families.

In Dawesley 100.0% of single parents were male and 0.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dawesley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,944 and those without children was $2,405.

Employment status of couple families

In Dawesley, of couple families with children, 22.7% had both partners employed full-time, 4.0% had both employed part-time and 30.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dawesley, 90.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 9.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dawesley, 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 Dawesley, of occupied private dwellings 4.3% had 1 bedroom, 11.7% had 2 bedrooms and 47.9% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.3. The average household size was 3.1 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dawesley, 29.2% were owned outright, 61.5% were owned with a mortgage and 6.2% were rented.

Household composition

In Dawesley, of all households, 83.7% were family households, 16.3% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dawesley, 22.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.6% 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 Dawesley, 20.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 48.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 30.9% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

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

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