Deebing Heights

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,145 people in Deebing Heights of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.1% of the population.

The median age of people in Deebing Heights was 31 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 31.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 1.9% of the population.

Of people in Deebing Heights aged 15 years and over, 70.4% were married and 5.5% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deebing Heights was 42 years and the median age of people never married was 19 years.

In Deebing Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 6.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deebing Heights was 43 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Deebing Heights 36.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 47.8% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deebing Heights were Australian 35.6%, English 29.3%, German 7.8%, Irish 6.9% and Scottish 6.4%.

In Deebing Heights, 90.9% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.2%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Ireland 0.5% and Malaysia 0.5%.

In Deebing Heights, 80.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deebing Heights were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 14.9%, Uniting Church 9.1% and Lutheran 4.4%.

In Deebing Heights 95.0% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Tagalog 0.8% and German 0.3%.

Employment

There were 628 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deebing Heights. Of these 62.3% were employed full time, 29.8% were employed part-time and 2.4% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deebing Heights, 9.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.5% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deebing Heights was 41 years and for people who were employed part-time was 35 years.

The most common occupations in Deebing Heights included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.7%, Professionals 14.2%, Community and Personal Service Workers 11.8%, Sales Workers 10.6%, Managers 10.5%, Labourers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.0%.

Of the employed people in Deebing Heights, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 7.5%, Defence 5.7%, Hospitals 5.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 5.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.1%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deebing Heights was $816.

In Deebing Heights, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 73.4%, Car, as passenger 4.7%, Train, car as driver 1.6%, Motorbike/scooter 1.5% and Truck 1.3%. On the day, 4.7% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 78.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deebing Heights, of people aged 15 years and over, 82.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 48.2% provided care for children and 11.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 24.6% 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 Deebing Heights, 33.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.7% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.9% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deebing Heights, 72.8% were couple families with children, 22.5% were couple families without children and 3.6% were one parent families.

In Deebing Heights 35.7% of single parents were male and 64.3% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deebing Heights, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,322 and those without children was $2,211.

Employment status of couple families

In Deebing Heights, of couple families with children, 34.4% had both partners employed full-time, 1.8% had both employed part-time and 32.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deebing Heights, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deebing Heights, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Deebing Heights, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 1.0% had 2 bedrooms and 10.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 4. The average household size was 3.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deebing Heights, 17.2% were owned outright, 69.3% were owned with a mortgage and 13.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Deebing Heights, of all households, 95.5% were family households, 4.5% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Deebing Heights, 4.6% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 19.1% 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 Deebing Heights, 9.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 53.4% had two registered motor vehicles and 35.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deebing Heights, there were 33 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 16 (or 48.5%) were male and 17 (or 51.5%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Deebing Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,849.

In Deebing Heights, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,387.