Dawson

0.0% of Dawson's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

12 family households lived in Dawson; 25.0% were couple families and 0.0% were one-parent families.

25.0% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Dawson had 40 residents at the 2021 Census.

20.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

60.0% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 105.6% of occupied private dwellings in Dawson.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.

100.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

0.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.

0.0% rented their home. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

The average household in Dawson had 1.9 people.

One-person households made up 36.8% of occupied homes. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

Two-person households represented 36.8%, while 0.0% had four or more usual residents.

62.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

56.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

0.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.0% walked or cycled.

0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 15.0% of the total.

55.0% of households had two or more vehicles.

100.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 0.0% reported a different address.

10.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

100.0% of residents used only English at home.

0.0% used a language other than English at home.

0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.

10.0% of Dawson's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 90.0% was born in Australia.

0.0% of residents were born in China.

0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 87.5%.

English ancestry accounted for 42.5% of ancestry responses in Dawson.

Australian ancestry made up 27.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.

0.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

Managers accounted for 62.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 0.0%.

Health care and social assistance employed 0.0% of workers, and education and training employed 0.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 50.0%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

43.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 0.0% worked part time.

Unemployment was 0.0%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

65.0% reported no selected long-term health condition.

0.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

15.0% reported asthma, 12.5% arthritis and 7.5% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

16.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 12.5% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 0.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.2%.

Median household income was $1,437 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,167.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $230 per week.

Working from home was 62.5% in Dawson, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 100.0% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is about twice the Rest of Vic. rate.

Renting accounted for 0.0% in Dawson, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..