Depot Hill

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 1,064 people in Depot Hill of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 7.3% of the population.

The median age of people in Depot Hill was 36 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 15.1% of the population.

Of people in Depot Hill aged 15 years and over, 31.8% were married and 17.6% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Depot Hill was 52 years and the median age of people never married was 27 years.

In Depot Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 30.6% of people were in a registered marriage and 16.7% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Depot Hill was 51 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 32 years.

In Depot Hill 26.6% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 24.6% were in primary school, 18.6% in secondary school and 14.7% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Depot Hill were Australian 36.6%, English 29.5%, Irish 7.3%, Scottish 6.2% and German 5.1%.

In Depot Hill, 84.7% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were New Zealand 1.3%, England 1.0%, Sri Lanka 0.7%, Netherlands 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

In Depot Hill, 83.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 8.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Depot Hill were Catholic 24.6%, No Religion 24.2%, Anglican 21.7%, Presbyterian and Reformed 6.2% and Uniting Church 3.8%.

In Depot Hill 90.1% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tamil 0.6%, Arabic 0.5%, German 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Vietnamese 0.4%.

Employment

There were 476 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Depot Hill. Of these 59.2% were employed full time, 27.9% were employed part-time and 8.0% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Depot Hill, 10.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.6% worked 16 to 24 hours and 38.3% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Depot Hill was 39 years and for people who were employed part-time was 39 years.

The most common occupations in Depot Hill included Labourers 21.0%, Technicians and Trades Workers 20.1%, Machinery Operators And Drivers 13.5%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 9.8%, Sales Workers 9.6%, Community and Personal Service Workers 9.1%, Professionals 8.2% and Managers 7.3%.

Of the employed people in Depot Hill, the most common responses for industry of employment included Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 6.8%, School Education 4.6%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 4.1%, Hospitals 4.1% and Road Freight Transport 3.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Depot Hill was $463.

In Depot Hill, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 64.5%, Car, as passenger 11.2%, Walked only 3.9%, Taxi 2.1% and Other 1.6%. On the day, 1.4% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 76.0% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Depot Hill, of people aged 15 years and over, 62.7% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 27.6% provided care for children and 11.6% 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 Depot Hill, 23.1% worked 5 to 14 hours, 11.2% worked 15 to 29 hours and 10.6% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Depot Hill, 38.1% were couple families with children, 30.7% were couple families without children and 25.2% were one parent families.

In Depot Hill 18.6% of single parents were male and 81.4% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Depot Hill, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $1,770 and those without children was $1,468.

Employment status of couple families

In Depot Hill, of couple families with children, 15.9% had both partners employed full-time, 1.6% 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 Depot Hill, 88.7% of private dwellings were occupied and 11.3% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Depot Hill, 95.3% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

In Depot Hill, of occupied private dwellings 4.5% had 1 bedroom, 34.4% had 2 bedrooms and 44.6% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 2.7. The average household size was 2.5 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Depot Hill, 35.6% were owned outright, 33.3% were owned with a mortgage and 25.9% were rented.

Household composition

In Depot Hill, of all households, 66.0% were family households, 29.1% were single person households and 4.9% were group households.

In Depot Hill, 32.4% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 3.2% 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 Depot Hill, 37.4% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 29.2% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Depot Hill, there were 75 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 31 (or 41.3%) were male and 44 (or 58.7%) 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 Depot Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.7, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,075.

In Depot Hill, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $225 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,235.