Dereel

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 586 people in Dereel of these 50.7% were male and 49.3% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 1.5% of the population.

The median age of people in Dereel was 44 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.9% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 13.2% of the population.

Of people in Dereel aged 15 years and over, 52.6% were married and 13.7% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Dereel was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 29 years.

In Dereel, of people aged 15 years and over, 54.3% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.5% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Dereel was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 36 years.

In Dereel 28.2% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 26.1% were in primary school, 27.3% in secondary school and 18.2% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dereel were English 31.4%, Australian 29.8%, Irish 9.6%, Scottish 8.8% and German 4.9%.

In Dereel, 84.5% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 5.1%, Germany 1.2%, United States of America 0.7%, France 0.5% and India 0.5%.

In Dereel, 71.8% 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 Dereel were No Religion 36.9%, Anglican 19.3%, Catholic 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.6%.

In Dereel 93.9% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Auslan 1.0%, German 0.5%, French 0.5%, Italian 0.5% and Punjabi 0.5%.

Employment

There were 230 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dereel. Of these 58.7% were employed full time, 29.1% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Dereel, 10.1% worked 1 to 15 hours, 11.1% worked 16 to 24 hours and 45.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Dereel was 46 years and for people who were employed part-time was 43 years.

The most common occupations in Dereel included Technicians and Trades Workers 19.3%, Managers 16.1%, Professionals 12.8%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 12.8%, Labourers 12.4%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 8.7%, Community and Personal Service Workers 8.3% and Sales Workers 8.3%.

Of the employed people in Dereel, the most common responses for industry of employment included Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 12.4%, Motor Vehicle and Motor Vehicle Part Manufacturing 6.0%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.7% and Residential Care Services 3.2%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dereel was $358.

In Dereel, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 67.9%, Car, as passenger 3.7%, Walked only 2.8%, Truck 2.3% and Motorbike/scooter 1.4%. 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 71.7% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Dereel, of people aged 15 years and over, 74.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 26.9% provided care for children and 12.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 18.8% 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 Dereel, 25.6% worked 5 to 14 hours, 12.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 20.7% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dereel, 44.9% were couple families with children, 44.2% were couple families without children and 10.9% were one parent families.

In Dereel 31.8% of single parents were male and 68.2% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Dereel, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,424 and those without children was $1,083.

Employment status of couple families

In Dereel, of couple families with children, 15.8% had both partners employed full-time, 5.0% had both employed part-time and 10.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dereel, 70.3% of private dwellings were occupied and 29.7% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Dereel, 96.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

In Dereel, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 21.0% had 2 bedrooms and 50.0% 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 Dereel, 41.6% were owned outright, 48.6% were owned with a mortgage and 6.5% were rented.

Household composition

In Dereel, of all households, 72.0% were family households, 26.2% were single person households and 1.9% were group households.

In Dereel, 35.2% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 2.0% 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 Dereel, 25.7% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 47.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 23.4% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Dereel, there were 9 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 6 (or 66.7%) were male and 3 (or 33.3%) were female. The median age was 23 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 Dereel, 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 $500.

In Dereel, 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.