Deans Marsh

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 373 people in Deans Marsh of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Deans Marsh was 40 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 11.6% of the population.

Of people in Deans Marsh aged 15 years and over, 48.8% were married and 12.0% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deans Marsh was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 32 years.

In Deans Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.4% of people were in a registered marriage and 17.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deans Marsh was 55 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 40 years.

In Deans Marsh 27.3% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 23.5% were in primary school, 20.6% in secondary school and 11.8% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deans Marsh were English 28.3%, Australian 26.7%, Irish 11.9%, Scottish 11.7% and German 5.0%.

In Deans Marsh, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.2%, Germany 1.6%, United States of America 1.6% and Israel 0.8%.

In Deans Marsh, 73.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.3% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deans Marsh were No Religion 41.1%, Anglican 13.7%, Catholic 10.5%, Uniting Church 7.0% and Christian, nfd 3.8%.

In Deans Marsh 91.9% of people only spoke English at home. The only other responses for language spoken at home were German 0.8%, Spanish 0.8% and Hebrew 0.8%.

Employment

There were 202 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deans Marsh. Of these 55.0% were employed full time, 34.2% were employed part-time and 1.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deans Marsh, 10.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 15.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 41.8% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deans Marsh was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 44 years.

The most common occupations in Deans Marsh included Managers 28.4%, Professionals 17.9%, Technicians and Trades Workers 17.4%, Labourers 9.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 7.5%, Sales Workers 6.0% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 3.0%.

Of the employed people in Deans Marsh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 8.4%, Accommodation 7.4%, Hospitals 6.4%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.9% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deans Marsh was $533.

In Deans Marsh, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 53.7%, Other 3.0%, Walked only 3.0%, Car, as passenger 2.5% and Bus 2.0%. On the day, 5.5% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 57.2% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deans Marsh, of people aged 15 years and over, 77.4% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.6% provided care for children and 13.4% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 37.9% 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 Deans Marsh, 26.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 16.3% worked 15 to 29 hours and 14.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deans Marsh, 40.2% were couple families with children, 42.0% were couple families without children and 17.9% were one parent families.

In Deans Marsh 22.2% of single parents were male and 77.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deans Marsh, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,281 and those without children was $1,281.

Employment status of couple families

In Deans Marsh, of couple families with children, 19.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.5% had both employed part-time and 28.6% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deans Marsh, 64.9% of private dwellings were occupied and 35.1% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deans Marsh, 97.1% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Deans Marsh, of occupied private dwellings 4.4% had 1 bedroom, 19.7% had 2 bedrooms and 60.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.9. The average household size was 2.6 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deans Marsh, 38.0% were owned outright, 44.5% were owned with a mortgage and 15.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Deans Marsh, of all households, 81.6% were family households, 15.4% were single person households and 2.9% were group households.

In Deans Marsh, 30.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.4% 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 Deans Marsh, 32.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 36.5% had two registered motor vehicles and 26.3% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deans Marsh, there were 0 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 0 (or 0.0%) 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 Deans Marsh, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 0 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

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