Dallas Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Dallas (3047) is a suburb of Melbourne, North, Victoria. It is about 16 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Dallas is in the federal electorate of Calwell.

In the 2011 census the population of Dallas was 6,480 and is comprised of approximately 50.6% females and 49.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Dallas is 32 years of age.

45.4% of people living in the suburb of Dallas were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 13.8% Turkey, 6.5% Iraq, 3.6% Lebanon, 1.4% New Zealand, 1.3% Malta, 1.3% Vietnam, 1.1% India, 0.9% Italy, 0.9% Greece, 0.7% Sri Lanka, 0.7% England, 0.6% Croatia, 0.6% Samoa, 0.5% Bosnia and Herzegovina.

26.5% of people living in Dallas speak Turkish. The other top languages spoken are 24.5% English only, 16.1% Arabic, 9.8% Language spoken at home not stated, 5.2% Assyrian, 2.7% Other, 2.2% Vietnamese, 1.7% Greek, 1.4% Italian, 1.3% Samoan.

The religious makeup of Dallas is 45.3% Islam, 19.8% Catholic, 11.2% Religious affiliation not stated, 5.5% No religion, 4.1% Anglican, 3.6% Eastern Orthodox, 1.6% Buddhism, 1.3% Christian, nfd, 1.1% Uniting Church, 1.0% Assyrian Apostolic.

48.6% of people are married, 32.5% have never married and 7.8% are divorced and 4.0% are separated. There are 347 widowed people living in Dallas.

48.7% of the people living in Dallas over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 27.4% are working on a part time basis. Dallas has an unemployment rate of 15.8%.

The main occupations of people living in Dallas are 18.9% Labourers, 16.5% Technicians & trades workers, 15.6% Machinery operators & drivers, 12.0% Community & personal service workers, 11.0% Clerical & administrative workers, 8.1% Professionals, 7.5% Sales workers, 6.1% Managers, 4.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Dallas work in are 18.2% Manufacturing, 10.1% Retail trade, 9.8% Transport, postal and warehousing, 9.5% Construction, 9.1% Health care and social assistance, 6.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.9% Education and training, 4.8% Administrative and support services, 4.7% Inadequately described/Not stated.

36.2% of homes are fully owned, and 30.5% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 27.8% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $308 per week and the median household income is $762 per week.

The median rent in Dallas is $257 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1300 per month.

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