The most common industries of employment for persons aged 15 years and over usually resident in DANDENONG were Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 3.9%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.7%, Hospitals 2.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.5% and Manufacturing 2.5%.

The most common responses for religious affiliation for persons usually resident in DANDENONG were Catholic 26.1%, Islam 12.7%, No Religion 11.0%, Eastern Orthodox 10.1% and Anglican 7.4%.

There were 11,299 families in DANDENONG: 46.8% were couple families with children, 31.1% were couple families without children, 19.9% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

* statistcs taken from the 2006 Census for postal area 3175 conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics