Dalyston

19.0% of Dalyston's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of Vic. average.

236 family households lived in Dalyston; 36.9% were couple families and 15.7% were one-parent families.

39.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of Vic. average.

Dalyston had 843 residents at the 2021 Census.

28.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

31.6% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Separate houses made up 98.8% of occupied private dwellings in Dalyston.

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

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

31.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

54.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.

14.2% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

The average household in Dalyston had 2.3 people.

One-person households made up 29.3% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

Two-person households represented 39.0%, while 18.5% had four or more usual residents.

6.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

70.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of Vic. average.

1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.9% walked or cycled.

1.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of Vic. rate.

One-car households formed 32.4% of the total.

64.6% of households had two or more vehicles.

49.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 50.6% reported a different address.

12.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of Vic..

90.2% of residents used only English at home.

3.4% used a language other than English at home.

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

12.7% of Dalyston's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 87.3% 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 89.7%.

English ancestry accounted for 44.4% of ancestry responses in Dalyston.

Australian ancestry made up 43.5% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 0.4% of responses.

14.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of Vic. average.

Managers accounted for 10.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 7.5%.

Health care and social assistance employed 20.1% of workers, and education and training employed 8.0%.

The labour-force participation rate was 64.1%, compared with 57.4% across Rest of Vic..

29.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 26.4% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.2%, compared with 4.1% across Rest of Vic..

53.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.

14.0% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

10.8% reported asthma, 9.4% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

12.4% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.4% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 50.8%.

Median household income was $1,352 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,473.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $280 per week.

Working from home was 6.6% in Dalyston, compared with 15.1% across Rest of Vic..

Outright ownership was 31.1% locally and 40.9% across Rest of Vic.. That is well below the Rest of Vic. average.

Renting accounted for 14.2% in Dalyston, against 24.5% across Rest of Vic..