Deep Lead

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 321 people in Deep Lead of these 52.3% were male and 47.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 0.9% of the population.

The median age of people in Deep Lead was 42 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.0% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.8% of the population.

Of people in Deep Lead aged 15 years and over, 62.7% were married and 9.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deep Lead was 55 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Deep Lead, of people aged 15 years and over, 65.1% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.1% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deep Lead was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 38 years.

In Deep Lead 23.1% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 28.2% were in primary school, 26.9% in secondary school and 15.4% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deep Lead were English 34.1%, Australian 31.2%, Scottish 10.6%, Irish 8.6% and Dutch 4.1%.

In Deep Lead, 90.4% of people were born in Australia. The only other responses for country of birth were Netherlands 1.6%, England 1.2% and Scotland 0.9%.

In Deep Lead, 85.4% of people had both parents born in Australia and 6.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deep Lead were No Religion 27.7%, Catholic 19.9%, Uniting Church 16.5%, Anglican 13.1% and Presbyterian and Reformed 5.0%.

In Deep Lead 96.6% of people only spoke English at home. There were no other responses for language spoken at home.

Employment

There were 160 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deep Lead. Of these 60.0% were employed full time, 35.0% were employed part-time and 0.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deep Lead, 15.0% worked 1 to 15 hours, 6.9% worked 16 to 24 hours and 46.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deep Lead was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 47 years.

The most common occupations in Deep Lead included Managers 15.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 15.5%, Professionals 14.3%, Technicians and Trades Workers 13.7%, Labourers 13.0%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 11.2%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7% and Sales Workers 8.1%.

Of the employed people in Deep Lead, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 7.5%, Metal Ore Mining 7.5%, School Education 6.9%, Hospitals 6.3% and Meat and Meat Product Manufacturing 4.4%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deep Lead was $605.

In Deep Lead, on the day of the Census, the only responses for methods of travel to work for employed people were Car, as driver 79.2%, Car, as passenger 4.4% and Walked only 2.5%. On the day, 0.0% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 83.8% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deep Lead, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.5% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 25.6% provided care for children and 14.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 28.4% 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 Deep Lead, 28.0% worked 5 to 14 hours, 17.0% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.5% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deep Lead, 34.3% were couple families with children, 56.6% were couple families without children and 9.1% were one parent families.

In Deep Lead 60.0% of single parents were male and 40.0% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deep Lead, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,437 and those without children was $1,812.

Employment status of couple families

In Deep Lead, of couple families with children, 18.3% had both partners employed full-time, 3.2% had both employed part-time and 23.7% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deep Lead, 85.8% of private dwellings were occupied and 14.2% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deep Lead, 100.0% 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 Deep Lead, of occupied private dwellings 0.0% had 1 bedroom, 7.0% had 2 bedrooms and 54.4% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.4. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deep Lead, 47.8% were owned outright, 45.2% were owned with a mortgage and 7.0% were rented.

Household composition

In Deep Lead, of all households, 87.0% were family households, 13.0% were single person households and 0.0% were group households.

In Deep Lead, 24.0% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 4.0% 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 Deep Lead, 16.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 45.6% had two registered motor vehicles and 37.7% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deep Lead, 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 42 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 Deep Lead, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 0, with 1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $0.

In Deep Lead, 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.