Deception Bay

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 19,672 people in Deception Bay of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.2% of the population.

The median age of people in Deception Bay was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 24.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 12.5% of the population.

Of people in Deception Bay aged 15 years and over, 42.6% were married and 16.1% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Deception Bay was 51 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Deception Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 43.5% of people were in a registered marriage and 11.9% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Deception Bay was 50 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 33 years.

In Deception Bay 31.0% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 32.2% were in primary school, 20.4% in secondary school and 10.9% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Deception Bay were English 29.3%, Australian 29.3%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.6% and German 4.3%.

In Deception Bay, 73.6% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 6.7%, England 4.2%, Samoa 1.0%, Philippines 1.0% and Scotland 0.4%.

In Deception Bay, 62.2% of people had both parents born in Australia and 24.7% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Deception Bay were No Religion 23.8%, Catholic 19.9%, Anglican 19.3%, Uniting Church 5.4% and Christian, nfd 3.7%.

In Deception Bay 86.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Samoan 2.1%, Tagalog 0.3%, Hindi 0.3%, Filipino 0.3% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 8,292 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Deception Bay. Of these 56.0% were employed full time, 28.0% were employed part-time and 9.5% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Deception Bay, 10.2% worked 1 to 15 hours, 9.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 39.2% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Deception Bay was 40 years and for people who were employed part-time was 38 years.

The most common occupations in Deception Bay included Technicians and Trades Workers 16.8%, Labourers 16.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 12.4%, Sales Workers 11.3%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 11.0%, Professionals 9.3% and Managers 7.1%.

Of the employed people in Deception Bay, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.5%, Residential Care Services 4.0%, School Education 3.7%, Hospitals 3.6% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Deception Bay was $487.

In Deception Bay, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.7%, Car, as passenger 7.1%, Truck 2.0%, Walked only 1.6% and Bus 1.3%. 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 73.3% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Deception Bay, of people aged 15 years and over, 66.6% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 31.2% provided care for children and 11.9% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 12.7% 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 Deception Bay, 23.8% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 11.1% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Deception Bay, 39.5% were couple families with children, 33.1% were couple families without children and 26.0% were one parent families.

In Deception Bay 16.2% of single parents were male and 83.8% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Deception Bay, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,903 and those without children was $1,763.

Employment status of couple families

In Deception Bay, of couple families with children, 19.0% had both partners employed full-time, 3.5% had both employed part-time and 16.9% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Deception Bay, 94.4% of private dwellings were occupied and 5.6% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deception Bay, 85.3% were separate houses, 10.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

In Deception Bay, of occupied private dwellings 2.8% had 1 bedroom, 9.9% had 2 bedrooms and 53.1% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 2.7 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Deception Bay, 22.2% were owned outright, 33.5% were owned with a mortgage and 41.3% were rented.

Household composition

In Deception Bay, of all households, 75.0% were family households, 21.6% were single person households and 3.4% were group households.

In Deception Bay, 27.1% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.9% 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 Deception Bay, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 33.1% had two registered motor vehicles and 15.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Deception Bay, there were 836 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 397 (or 47.5%) were male and 439 (or 52.5%) were female. The median age was 17 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 Deception Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.5, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $861.

In Deception Bay, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $275 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733.