Derwent Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 621 people in Derwent Park of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Derwent Park was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.1% of the population.

Of people in Derwent Park aged 15 years and over, 29.3% were married and 18.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Derwent Park was 50 years and the median age of people never married was 31 years.

In Derwent Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 29.8% of people were in a registered marriage and 14.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Derwent Park was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 34 years.

In Derwent Park 29.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.3% were in primary school, 16.1% in secondary school and 16.1% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Derwent Park were Australian 36.3%, English 32.4%, Irish 7.9%, Scottish 6.5% and German 1.8%.

In Derwent Park, 86.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 1.5%, Congo, Republic of 0.6%, New Zealand 0.6%, Poland 0.6% and Canada 0.5%.

In Derwent Park, 79.5% of people had both parents born in Australia and 9.2% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Derwent Park were No Religion 28.1%, Anglican 24.5%, Catholic 22.1%, Uniting Church 3.1% and Pentecostal 2.7%.

In Derwent Park 89.8% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Greek 1.0%, Italian 0.8%, Polish 0.8%, Shona 0.6% and Swahili 0.6%.

Employment

There were 263 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Derwent Park. Of these 50.6% were employed full time, 30.8% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Derwent Park, 14.5% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 30.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Derwent Park was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Derwent Park included Technicians and Trades Workers 18.4%, Labourers 18.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 17.6%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.7%, Professionals 11.3%, Sales Workers 7.1%, Managers 6.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 6.7%.

Of the employed people in Derwent Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.7%, School Education 5.4%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.2%, Central Government Administration 3.8% and Hospitals 3.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Derwent Park was $441.

In Derwent Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 59.2%, Car, as passenger 7.5%, Walked only 3.8%, Bus 2.5% and Car as driver, bicycle 1.7%. On the day, 4.2% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 68.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Derwent Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.8% provided care for children and 13.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.8% 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 Derwent Park, 27.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.4% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Derwent Park, 33.8% were couple families with children, 30.6% were couple families without children and 35.6% were one parent families.

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

Weekly incomes

In Derwent Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,611 and those without children was $1,208.

Employment status of couple families

In Derwent Park, of couple families with children, 15.3% had both partners employed full-time, 0.0% had both employed part-time and 20.4% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Derwent Park, 91.5% of private dwellings were occupied and 8.5% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Derwent Park, 91.9% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Derwent Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.6% had 1 bedroom, 12.6% had 2 bedrooms and 74.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.3 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Derwent Park, 28.9% were owned outright, 27.3% were owned with a mortgage and 40.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Derwent Park, of all households, 64.4% were family households, 33.2% were single person households and 2.4% were group households.

In Derwent Park, 34.9% 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 Derwent Park, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 8.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Derwent Park, there were 25 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 11 (or 44.0%) were male and 14 (or 56.0%) were female. The median age was 25 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 Derwent Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8, with 1.3 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,600.

In Derwent Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $130 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $0.