Dumbarton

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 372 people in Dumbarton of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Dumbarton was 46 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 17.3% of the population.

Of people in Dumbarton aged 15 years and over, 57.4% were married and 11.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dumbarton was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 35 years.

In Dumbarton, of people aged 15 years and over, 57.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dumbarton was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 41 years.

In Dumbarton 28.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.6% were in primary school, 28.7% in secondary school and 15.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dumbarton were Australian 32.8%, English 32.2%, Scottish 10.3%, Irish 7.2% and Italian 2.1%.

In Dumbarton, 79.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, Scotland 2.4%, New Zealand 1.6%, Belgium 1.1% and Ireland 1.1%.

In Dumbarton, 58.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 20.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dumbarton were Anglican 27.5%, No Religion 25.1%, Catholic 21.3%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Baptist 2.7%.

In Dumbarton 97.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Italian 1.4%.

Employment

There were 187 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dumbarton. Of these 50.8% were employed full time, 35.8% were employed part-time and 7.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dumbarton, 14.9% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.4% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.6% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dumbarton was 51 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Dumbarton included Technicians and Trades Workers 17.7%, Professionals 17.1%, Managers 16.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.3%, Labourers 9.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.6% and Sales Workers 5.1%.

Of the employed people in Dumbarton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 10.4%, School Education 5.8%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 4.6%, Pharmaceutical and Other Store-Based Retailing 4.0% and Allied Health Services 4.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dumbarton was $527.

In Dumbarton, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 56.9%, Walked only 3.4%, Car, as passenger 2.9%, Truck 2.9% and Bus 2.3%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 59.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dumbarton, of people aged 15 years and over, 78.1% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.9% provided care for children and 11.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.9% 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 Dumbarton, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 21.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dumbarton, 33.9% were couple families with children, 51.7% were couple families without children and 14.4% were one parent families.

In Dumbarton 28.6% of single parents were male and 71.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dumbarton, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,250 and those without children was $1,571.

Employment status of couple families

In Dumbarton, of couple families with children, 9.5% had both partners employed full-time, 4.8% had both employed part-time and 22.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dumbarton, 79.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 21.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dumbarton, 97.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

In Dumbarton, of occupied private dwellings 2.1% had 1 bedroom, 13.5% had 2 bedrooms and 33.3% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.5. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dumbarton, 45.8% were owned outright, 36.6% were owned with a mortgage and 15.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dumbarton, of all households, 82.9% were family households, 17.1% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Dumbarton, 21.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 10.1% 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 Dumbarton, 21.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 41.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dumbarton, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Dumbarton, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Dumbarton, 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.