Deception Bay

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 16,691 people were counted in Deception Bay: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 2.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay there were 4,523 children aged 0-14 years and 3,149 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 14,801 people were Australian citizens, 2,602 were born overseas and 50 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 50.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.6% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 29.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 79.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Deception Bay were England 4.8%, New Zealand 4.2%, Samoa 0.7%, Philippines 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Deception Bay on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.8%, Catholic 20.5%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 1.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.5%, German 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,725 people aged 15 years and over in Deception Bay were in the labour force. Of these 52.9% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.1% were unemployed. 5,039 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 4.1%, Professionals 3.6%, Managers and Administrators 1.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Deception Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.8%, Business Services 3.0%, Health Services 2.9%, Construction Trade Services 2.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 4,556 families were counted: of these, 30.4% were couple families without children, 45.8% were couple families with children, 23.1% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 5,874 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Deception Bay, 94.2% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 30.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.0% were being purchased and 32.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 23.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Deception Bay, 76.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.