Deer Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 16,204 people in Deer Park of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Deer Park was 33 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 20.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.3% of the population.

Of people in Deer Park aged 15 years and over, 47.8% were married and 11.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deer Park was 47 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Deer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 47.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 7.2% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deer Park was 48 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Deer Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 21.8% were in primary school, 17.9% in secondary school and 17.6% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deer Park were English 12.5%, Australian 11.6%, Vietnamese 7.8%, Maltese 6.0% and Italian 4.9%.

In Deer Park, 45.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Vietnam 6.7%, Philippines 4.6%, India 3.5%, Malta 3.0% and New Zealand 2.7%.

In Deer Park, 21.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 70.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deer Park were Catholic 34.7%, No Religion 13.2%, Buddhism 9.1%, Islam 6.5% and Eastern Orthodox 6.5%.

In Deer Park 40.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Vietnamese 9.9%, Maltese 3.3%, Italian 2.9%, Spanish 2.4% and Tagalog 2.3%.

Employment

There were 7,313 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deer Park. Of these 59.7% were employed full time, 24.7% were employed part-time and 9.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deer Park, 8.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deer Park was 36 years and for people who were employed part-time was 36 years.

The most common occupations in Deer Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 14.6%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 14.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.5%, Labourers 13.8%, Professionals 12.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.1%, Sales Workers 8.9% and Managers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Deer Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.4%, Road Freight Transport 4.4%, Hospitals 3.1%, School Education 2.4% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deer Park was $469.

In Deer Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.0%, Car, as passenger 6.4%, Train 4.5%, Train, car as driver 1.6% and Bus 1.3%. On the day, 11.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deer Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 56.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.7% provided care for children and 10.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 7.9% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Deer Park, 20.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deer Park, 45.7% were couple families with children, 30.4% were couple families without children and 21.6% were one parent families.

In Deer Park 15.0% of single parents were male and 85.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deer Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,959 and those without children was $1,820.

Employment status of couple families

In Deer Park, of couple families with children, 19.4% had both partners employed full-time, 2.5% had both employed part-time and 14.3% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deer Park, 94.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deer Park, 90.4% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Deer Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.0% had 1 bedroom, 6.6% had 2 bedrooms and 66.7% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.8 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deer Park, 30.9% were owned outright, 36.1% were owned with a mortgage and 28.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Deer Park, of all households, 77.8% were family households, 18.7% were single person households and 3.5% were group households.

In Deer Park, 24.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.9% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Deer Park, 34.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deer Park, there were 86 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 41 (or 47.7%) were male and 45 (or 52.3%) were female. The median age was 21 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Deer Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $985.

In Deer Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $285 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,300.