Dundee Beach

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 553 people in Dundee Beach of these 58.0% were male and 42.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 18.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dundee Beach was 48 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 13.5% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Dundee Beach aged 15 years and over, 42.4% were married and 24.2% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dundee Beach was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 33 years.

In Dundee Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 41.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.0% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dundee Beach was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 49 years.

In Dundee Beach 25.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 14.8% were in primary school, 16.9% in secondary school and 4.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dundee Beach were Australian 29.1%, English 24.9%, Irish 7.0%, Scottish 6.2% and German 5.5%.

In Dundee Beach, 76.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.2%, New Zealand 3.1%, Germany 0.7%, Canada 0.5% and Italy 0.5%.

In Dundee Beach, 70.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 19.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dundee Beach were No Religion 24.0%, Anglican 18.2%, Catholic 17.3%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

In Dundee Beach 78.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Kriol 2.5%, Ngan'gikurunggurr 0.7%, German 0.5%, Dutch 0.5% and Spanish 0.5%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dundee Beach. Of these 57.9% were employed full time, 21.8% were employed part-time and 8.9% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dundee Beach, 10.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 55.4% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dundee Beach was 44 years and for people who were employed part-time was 45 years.

The most common occupations in Dundee Beach included Labourers 16.7%, Managers 16.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.6%, Professionals 12.9%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.4%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.7%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5% and Sales Workers 3.2%.

Of the employed people in Dundee Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 11.8%, Accommodation 9.1%, Land Development and Site Preparation Services 6.4%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 5.9% and Metal Ore Mining 5.9%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dundee Beach was $384.

In Dundee Beach, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 30.5%, Walked only 24.1%, Bus 4.3%, Motorbike/scooter 3.2% and Other 2.7%. On the day, 5.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 31.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dundee Beach, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.9% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 13.4% provided care for children and 10.0% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.1% 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 Dundee Beach, 19.9% worked 5 to 14 hours, 9.8% worked 15 to 29 hours and 17.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dundee Beach, 22.1% were couple families with children, 66.4% were couple families without children and 8.8% were one parent families.

In Dundee Beach 58.3% of single parents were male and 41.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dundee Beach, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,583 and those without children was $700.

Employment status of couple families

In Dundee Beach, of couple families with children, 11.2% had both partners employed full-time, 3.1% had both employed part-time and 7.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dundee Beach, 64.0% of private dwellings were occupied and 36.0% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundee Beach, 62.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 35.7% were other dwellings.

In Dundee Beach, of occupied private dwellings 34.0% had 1 bedroom, 27.4% had 2 bedrooms and 16.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.1. The average household size was 1.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dundee Beach, 53.6% were owned outright, 16.6% were owned with a mortgage and 19.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Dundee Beach, of all households, 54.2% were family households, 43.5% were single person households and 2.3% were group households.

In Dundee Beach, 50.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 1.6% 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 Dundee Beach, 51.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 9.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dundee Beach, there were 102 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 52 (or 51.0%) were male and 50 (or 49.0%) were female. The median age was 18 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 Dundee Beach, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 2.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $733.

In Dundee Beach, 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.