Deua River Valley

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 311 people in Deua River Valley of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 2.6% of the population.

The median age of people in Deua River Valley was 49 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 17.1% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.9% of the population.

Of people in Deua River Valley aged 15 years and over, 56.8% were married and 12.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deua River Valley was 56 years and the median age of people never married was 43 years.

In Deua River Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 58.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.3% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deua River Valley was 52 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 57 years.

In Deua River Valley 31.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.5% were in primary school, 23.4% in secondary school and 12.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deua River Valley were Australian 30.6%, English 24.7%, Irish 10.2%, Scottish 8.8% and German 6.3%.

In Deua River Valley, 76.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.2%, Germany 1.6%, Austria 1.0%, Italy 1.0% and Netherlands 1.0%.

In Deua River Valley, 75.3% of people had both parents born in Australia and 16.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deua River Valley were No Religion 27.0%, Anglican 25.7%, Catholic 23.5%, Lutheran 2.3% and Salvation Army 1.3%.

In Deua River Valley 88.4% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were Italian 1.3% and Thai 1.0%.

Employment

There were 148 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deua River Valley. Of these 42.6% were employed full time, 43.2% were employed part-time and 8.8% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deua River Valley, 18.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 8.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 35.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deua River Valley was 47 years and for people who were employed part-time was 52 years.

The most common occupations in Deua River Valley included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Professionals 15.1%, Managers 14.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 14.4%, Sales Workers 12.2%, Labourers 11.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 7.9% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.9%.

Of the employed people in Deua River Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Local Government Administration 7.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 6.5%, Building Cleaning, Pest Control and Gardening Services 5.8%, Hospitals 4.3% and Other Social Assistance Services 4.3%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deua River Valley was $482.

In Deua River Valley, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 63.3%, Car, as passenger 3.6%, Bus 2.2%, Truck 2.2% and Car as driver, car as passenger 2.2%. On the day, 2.9% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 67.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deua River Valley, of people aged 15 years and over, 75.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 23.6% provided care for children and 16.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.7% 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 Deua River Valley, 26.4% worked 5 to 14 hours, 18.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 13.2% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deua River Valley, 39.8% were couple families with children, 47.7% were couple families without children and 12.5% were one parent families.

In Deua River Valley 46.2% of single parents were male and 53.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deua River Valley, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,140 and those without children was $1,750.

Employment status of couple families

In Deua River Valley, of couple families with children, 17.3% had both partners employed full-time, 8.6% had both employed part-time and 19.8% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deua River Valley, 61.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 38.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deua River Valley, 96.5% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

In Deua River Valley, of occupied private dwellings 10.3% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 30.8% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deua River Valley, 43.9% were owned outright, 36.8% were owned with a mortgage and 9.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Deua River Valley, of all households, 74.8% were family households, 25.2% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Deua River Valley, 32.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.1% 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 Deua River Valley, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 40.0% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.5% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deua River Valley, there were 6 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 100.0%) were male and 0 (or 0.0%) were female. The median age was 0 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 Deua River Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 2, with 1.4 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $640.

In Deua River Valley, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $0 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $217.