Dean Park

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 3,102 people in Dean Park of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Dean Park was 32 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 23.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 8.9% of the population.

Of people in Dean Park aged 15 years and over, 49.7% were married and 10.3% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dean Park was 46 years and the median age of people never married was 24 years.

In Dean Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.2% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.4% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dean Park was 46 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 31 years.

In Dean Park 30.8% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.8% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 15.5% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dean Park were Australian 19.7%, English 18.2%, Filipino 9.7%, Irish 3.8% and Hungarian 3.5%.

In Dean Park, 59.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 8.4%, Hungary 3.2%, India 2.0%, New Zealand 1.8% and Vietnam 1.3%.

In Dean Park, 37.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 53.0% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Dean Park were Catholic 37.1%, Anglican 16.0%, No Religion 10.8%, Islam 5.6% and Eastern Orthodox 5.0%.

In Dean Park 58.5% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Arabic 5.9%, Tagalog 5.3%, Hungarian 3.7%, Filipino 2.6% and Turkish 1.8%.

Employment

There were 1,515 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dean Park. Of these 66.9% were employed full time, 22.2% were employed part-time and 5.6% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dean Park, 6.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 47.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dean Park was 38 years and for people who were employed part-time was 34 years.

The most common occupations in Dean Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 18.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 12.7%, Labourers 12.6%, Professionals 11.0%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.5% and Managers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Dean Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 4.6%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 3.3%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.1%, Depository Financial Intermediation 2.7% and Building Installation Services 2.5%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dean Park was $602.

In Dean Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.8%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Train 4.1%, Train, bus 3.5% and Train, car as driver 2.2%. On the day, 13.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dean Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 61.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 30.6% provided care for children and 8.8% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 8.2% 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 Dean Park, 22.5% worked 5 to 14 hours, 10.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 8.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dean Park, 57.7% were couple families with children, 20.6% were couple families without children and 20.5% were one parent families.

In Dean Park 15.8% of single parents were male and 84.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dean Park, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,111 and those without children was $1,937.

Employment status of couple families

In Dean Park, of couple families with children, 29.1% had both partners employed full-time, 2.9% had both employed part-time and 18.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dean Park, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dean Park, 98.5% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dean Park, of occupied private dwellings 0.3% had 1 bedroom, 1.3% had 2 bedrooms and 73.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.2 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dean Park, 22.0% were owned outright, 52.6% were owned with a mortgage and 22.8% were rented.

Household composition

In Dean Park, of all households, 85.3% were family households, 13.2% were single person households and 1.5% were group households.

In Dean Park, 15.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 7.8% 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 Dean Park, 30.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.7% had two registered motor vehicles and 20.0% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dean Park, there were 87 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 40 (or 46.0%) were male and 47 (or 54.0%) were female. The median age was 15 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 Dean Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 4.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,333.

In Dean Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $315 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,755.