Dennington Demographics (VIC) Local Stats

Dennington (3280) is a suburb of South Western Victoria, Great Ocean Rd/Otway Ranges, Victoria. It is about 229 kms from VIC's capital city of Melbourne. Dennington is in the federal electorate of Wannon.

In the 2011 census the population of Dennington was 1,557 and is comprised of approximately 48.6% females and 51.4% males.

The median/average age of the population of Dennington is 31 years of age.

88.4% of people living in the suburb of Dennington were born in Australia. The other top responses for country of birth were 1.3% England, 0.8% New Zealand, 0.6% Germany, 0.4% United States of America, 0.3% Netherlands, 0.3% Korea, Republic of , 0.3% China , 0.3% Philippines, 0.3% Sri Lanka, 0.3% Ireland, 0.2% Scotland.

93.1% of people living in Dennington speak English only. The other top languages spoken are 4.7% Language spoken at home not stated, 0.6% Mandarin, 0.4% Korean, 0.4% Sinhalese, 0.3% German, 0.3% Other , 0.3% Dutch.

The religious makeup of Dennington is 37.2% Catholic, 25.6% No religion, 9.9% Anglican, 8.8% Religious affiliation not stated, 6.4% Presbyterian and Reformed, 3.7% Uniting Church, 1.3% Pentecostal, 1.2% Christian, nfd, 1.2% Baptist, 0.8% Seventh-day Adventist.

51.2% of people are married, 35.5% have never married and 7.2% are divorced and 2.8% are separated. There are 37 widowed people living in Dennington.

60.1% of the people living in Dennington over the age of 15 and who identify as being in the labour force are employed full time, 29.3% are working on a part time basis. Dennington has an unemployment rate of 3.7%.

The main occupations of people living in Dennington are 22.7% Technicians & trades workers, 12.1% Labourers, 12.0% Sales workers, 11.7% Clerical & administrative workers, 11.3% Professionals, 10.2% Community & personal service workers, 9.5% Machinery operators & drivers, 8.3% Managers, 2.2% Occupation inadequately described/ Not stated.

The main industries people from Dennington work in are 14.3% Health care and social assistance, 14.3% Retail trade, 13.8% Manufacturing, 12.4% Construction, 7.5% Accommodation and food services, 5.5% Public administration and safety, 5.4% Transport, postal and warehousing, 4.6% Other services, 4.5% Education and training.

26.3% of homes are fully owned, and 52.0% are in the process of being purchased by home loan mortgage. 18.5% of homes are rented.

The median individual income is $597 per week and the median household income is $1306 per week.

The median rent in Dennington is $300 per week and the median mortgage repayment is $1562 per month.

Check out FY 2013 Tax Stats for Dennington postcode 3280