North Deep Creek

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 313 people in North Deep Creek of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.6% of the population.

The median age of people in North Deep Creek was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 9.6% of the population.

Of people in North Deep Creek aged 15 years and over, 52.3% were married and 18.4% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in North Deep Creek was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In North Deep Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 51.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 12.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in North Deep Creek was 56 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In North Deep Creek 36.7% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 18.3% in secondary school and 3.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in North Deep Creek were English 30.7%, Australian 25.9%, Irish 9.0%, Scottish 6.1% and German 5.6%.

In North Deep Creek, 72.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 7.3%, New Zealand 2.9%, Ireland 1.9%, Philippines 1.6% and Netherlands 1.3%.

In North Deep Creek, 69.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 21.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in North Deep Creek were No Religion 24.9%, Anglican 16.6%, Catholic 16.0%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Jehovah's Witnesses 4.5%.

In North Deep Creek 84.8% of people only spoke English at home. The only other response for language spoken at home was Frisian 1.0%.

Employment

There were 126 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in North Deep Creek. Of these 50.0% were employed full time, 37.3% were employed part-time and 4.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in North Deep Creek, 6.7% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 43.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in North Deep Creek was 48 years and for people who were employed part-time was 54 years.

The most common occupations in North Deep Creek included Labourers 18.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 16.4%, Professionals 13.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 12.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Sales Workers 8.2% and Managers 7.4%.

Of the employed people in North Deep Creek, the most common responses for industry of employment included Motor Vehicle Retailing 5.7%, Hospitals 5.7%, Road Freight Transport 4.9%, School Education 4.1% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in North Deep Creek was $521.

In North Deep Creek, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 72.7%, Truck 5.8%, Motorbike/scooter 4.1% and Car, as passenger 3.3%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 75.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In North Deep Creek, of people aged 15 years and over, 68.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.6% provided care for children and 16.6% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 21.5% 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 North Deep Creek, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 19.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in North Deep Creek, 37.3% were couple families with children, 44.6% were couple families without children and 18.1% were one parent families.

In North Deep Creek 40.0% of single parents were male and 60.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In North Deep Creek, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,416 and those without children was $1,437.

Employment status of couple families

In North Deep Creek, of couple families with children, 10.8% had both partners employed full-time, 7.7% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In North Deep Creek, 79.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 20.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Deep Creek, 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 North Deep Creek, of occupied private dwellings 3.0% had 1 bedroom, 11.0% had 2 bedrooms and 43.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.9 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in North Deep Creek, 34.7% were owned outright, 41.6% were owned with a mortgage and 16.8% were rented.

Household composition

In North Deep Creek, of all households, 82.8% were family households, 11.1% were single person households and 6.1% were group households.

In North Deep Creek, 26.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.8% 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 North Deep Creek, 23.2% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 24.2% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In North Deep Creek, there were 3 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) were male and 3 (or 100.0%) were female. The median age was 6 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 North Deep Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $250.

In North Deep Creek, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $250 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.