Dean Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,281 people were counted in Dean Park: of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park there were 913 children aged 0-14 years and 331 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 2,930 people were Australian citizens, 1,304 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 53.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 5.3% were widowed and 32.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 54.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Dean Park were Philippines 11.3%, Hungary 2.0%, Turkey 1.9%, India 1.7% and Fiji 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Dean Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 39.8%, Anglican 15.7%, No Religion 7.2%, Orthodox 5.9% and Islam 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Tagalog (Filipino) 11.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 5.9%, Turkish 3.1%, Greek 2.5% and Hungarian 2.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,570 people aged 15 years and over in Dean Park were in the labour force. Of these 64.5% worked full-time, 23.4% worked part-time, 4.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 723 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Professionals 5.6%, Associate Professionals 4.7%, Managers and Administrators 1.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Dean Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Health Services 3.4% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 840 families were counted: of these, 18.0% were couple families without children, 64.8% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 938 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Dean Park, 98.1% were separate houses, 1.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 24.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 47.5% were being purchased and 21.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Dean Park, 87.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.