Dawesley Demographics (SA) Local Stats

Dawesley (5252) is a suburb of Adelaide, Adelaide Hills, South Australia. It is about 33 kms from SA's capital city of Adelaide. Dawesley is in the federal electorate of Mayo.

In the 2011 census the population of Dawesley was 266 and is comprised of approximately 47.0% females and 53.0% males.

The median/average age of the population of Dawesley is 38 years of age.

82.8% of people living in the suburb of Dawesley were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 12.2% England, 2.7% New Zealand.

93.6% of people living in Dawesley speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 3.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 1.5% Hungarian, 1.1% Italian.

The religious makeup of Dawesley is 38.0% No religion, 11.7% Catholic, 10.5% Anglican, 9.4% Religious affiliation not stated, 8.3% Uniting Church, 5.3% Lutheran, 3.8% Other Christian, 3.4% Buddhism, 3.0% Presbyterian and Reformed, 2.6% Baptist.

54.0% of people are married, 30.8% have never married and 11.6% are divorced and 0.0% are separated. There are 7 widowed people living in Dawesley.

56.1% of the people living in Dawesley over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 36.3% are working on a part time basis. Dawesley has an unemployment rate of 1.9%.

The main occupations of people living in Dawesley are 17.8% Professionals, 15.8% Technicians & trades workers, 13.8% Clerical & administrative workers, 13.8% Community & personal service workers, 11.8% Managers, 11.2% Sales workers, 5.9% Machinery operators & drivers, 5.9% Labourers, 3.9% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Dawesley work in are 17.6% Health care and social assistance, 13.7% Retail trade, 11.8% Manufacturing, 9.2% Construction, 7.8% Education and training, 6.5% Public administration and safety, 5.9% Professional, scientific and technical services, 3.9% Arts and recreation services, 3.9% Transport, postal and warehousing.

29.2% of homes are fully owned, and 61.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 6.2% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $593 per week and the median household income is $1513 per week.

The median rent in Dawesley is $328 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1680 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Dawesley postcode 5252