Deep Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 243 people in Deep Bay of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 17.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Deep Bay was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 18.7% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 19.5% of the population.

Of people in Deep Bay aged 15 years and over, 39.7% were married and 15.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deep Bay was 60 years and the median age of people never married was 36 years.

In Deep Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 40.0% of people were in a registered marriage and 15.6% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deep Bay was 65 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Deep Bay 32.9% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 30.0% were in primary school, 12.5% in secondary school and 17.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deep Bay were English 38.2%, Australian 31.7%, Scottish 9.1%, Irish 4.4% and Australian Aboriginal 2.8%.

In Deep Bay, 74.3% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 9.5%, Netherlands 1.7%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 1.7% and South Africa 1.2%.

In Deep Bay, 68.8% of people had both parents born in Australia and 17.9% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deep Bay were No Religion 34.3%, Catholic 22.7%, Anglican 20.7%, Christian, nfd 1.7% and Baptist 1.2%.

In Deep Bay 89.3% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Dutch 1.2%, Polish 1.2% and Japanese 1.2%.

Employment

There were 95 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deep Bay. Of these 41.1% were employed full time, 38.9% were employed part-time and 12.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deep Bay, 17.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 32.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deep Bay was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Deep Bay included Managers 20.5%, Labourers 18.1%, Technicians and Trades Workers 14.5%, Professionals 13.3%, Sales Workers 13.3%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 4.8%.

Of the employed people in Deep Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Pubs, Taverns and Bars 7.1%, Aquaculture 6.0%, School Education 4.8%, Fruit and Tree Nut Growing 3.6% and Bakery Product Manufacturing 3.6%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deep Bay was $394.

In Deep Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.1%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Other 3.5%, Car as driver, car as passenger 3.5% and Walked only 3.5%. 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 72.6% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deep Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 69.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% 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, 25.0% 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 Deep Bay, 32.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deep Bay, 30.5% were couple families with children, 47.5% were couple families without children and 22.0% were one parent families.

In Deep Bay 37.5% of single parents were male and 62.5% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deep Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,062 and those without children was $900.

Employment status of couple families

In Deep Bay, of couple families with children, 8.3% had both partners employed full-time, 16.7% had both employed part-time and 14.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deep Bay, 75.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 24.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deep Bay, 95.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 4.5% were other dwellings.

In Deep Bay, of occupied private dwellings 15.9% had 1 bedroom, 25.0% had 2 bedrooms and 38.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.6. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deep Bay, 56.2% were owned outright, 27.0% were owned with a mortgage and 16.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Deep Bay, of all households, 62.5% were family households, 31.8% were single person households and 5.7% were group households.

In Deep Bay, 32.9% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 0.0% 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 Deep Bay, 30.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 14.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deep Bay, there were 44 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 19 (or 43.2%) were male and 25 (or 56.8%) were female. The median age was 36 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 Deep Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.2, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,375.

In Deep Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $607.