Dean Park

Demographics & education

People tables are based on a person's place of usual residence on Census night

In the 2016 Census, there were 3,227 people in Dean Park. Of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 3.0% of the population.

The median age of people in Dean Park was 34 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 22.3% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 10.9% of the population.

Of people in Dean Park aged 15 years and over, 49.8% were married and 9.4% were either divorced or separated.

In Dean Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 50.7% of people were in a registered marriage and 8.2% were in a de facto marriage.

In Dean Park 30.4% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 29.3% were in primary school, 26.5% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Of people aged 15 and over in Dean Park, 18.0% reported having completed Year 12 as their highest level of educational attainment, 19.0% had completed a Certificate III or IV and 8.2% had completed an Advanced Diploma or Diploma.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Dean Park were Australian 18.7%, English 15.5%, Filipino 9.8%, Indian 4.4% and Irish 4.0%.

Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their Census form, and this is captured by the Ancestry Multi Response (ANCP) variable used in this table. Therefore, the total responses count will not equal the persons count for this area. Calculated percentages represent a proportion of all responses from people in Dean Park (including those who did not state an ancestry).

In Dean Park, 58.2% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were Philippines 8.6%, India 3.9%, Hungary 2.8%, New Zealand 1.7% and England 1.1%.

In Dean Park, 32.1% of people had both parents born in Australia and 52.4% of people had both parents born overseas.

In Dean Park, the most common countries of birth for male parents were Australia 36.7%, Philippines 12.4%, India 5.2%, Hungary 3.0% and Lebanon 2.7%.

In Dean Park, the most common countries of birth for female parents were Australia 38.6%, Philippines 12.7%, India 5.3%, Hungary 2.7% and Lebanon 2.5%.

The most common responses for religion in Dean Park were Catholic 36.7%, No Religion, so described 13.3%, Anglican 11.9%, Not stated 7.3% and Islam 5.3%. In Dean Park, Christianity was the largest religious group reported overall (72.0%) (this figure excludes not stated responses).

In Dean Park 57.3% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Tagalog 5.9%, Arabic 5.3%, Hungarian 3.5%, Punjabi 2.1% and Hindi 2.0%.

Employment

There were 1,543 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Dean Park. Of these 63.2% were employed full time, 25.3% were employed part-time and 6.7% were unemployed.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Of employed people in Dean Park, 8.6% worked 1 to 15 hours, 7.8% worked 16 to 24 hours and 44.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The most common occupations in Dean Park included Clerical and Administrative Workers 17.7%, Technicians and Trades Workers 16.5%, Machinery Operators and Drivers 13.2%, Professionals 12.1%, Labourers 10.5%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.4%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Managers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Dean Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Road Freight Transport 3.1%, Supermarket and Grocery Stores 3.0%, Hospitals (except Psychiatric Hospitals) 3.0%, Takeaway Food Services 2.8% and Banking 2.7%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Dean Park was $638.

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In Dean Park, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 66.2%, Car, as passenger 5.0%, Train, bus 4.5%, Train 4.2% and Train, car as driver 2.3%. On the day, 14.9% 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 Dean Park, of people aged 15 years and over, 60.2% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.9% provided care for children and 9.2% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 9.7% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

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Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Dean Park, 22.2% worked 5 to 14 hours, 8.5% worked 15 to 29 hours and 9.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Dean Park, 54.3% were couple families with children, 26.1% were couple families without children and 18.2% were one parent families.

In Dean Park, 14.4% of single parents were male and 85.6% were female.

Employment status of couple families

In Dean Park, of couple families with children, 24.3% had both partners employed full-time, 2.4% had both employed part-time and 19.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

The ABS Labour Force Survey provides the official estimates of Australia's unemployment rate. More information about Census and labour force status is provided in Understanding the Census and Census Data.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Dean Park, 97.2% of private dwellings were occupied and 2.8% were unoccupied.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Dean Park, 95.9% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

In Dean Park, of occupied private dwellings 1.3% had 1 bedroom, 3.5% had 2 bedrooms and 69.2% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.2. The average household size was 3.1 people.

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Of occupied private dwellings in Dean Park, 23.9% were owned outright, 47.5% were owned with a mortgage and 25.7% were rented.

Household composition

In Dean Park, of all households, 83.8% were family households, 14.9% were single person households and 1.3% were group households.

In Dean Park, 14.7% of households had a weekly household income of less than $650 and 12.3% of households had a weekly income of more than $3000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

The number of households where rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were not renting, and 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.

The number of households where mortgage repayments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure are expressed in this table as a proportion of the total number of households in an area (including those households which were renting, and 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.

Number of motor vehicles

In Dean Park, 31.6% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 37.9% had two registered motor vehicles and 22.6% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

Internet connection

In Dean Park, 85.4% of households had at least one person access the internet from the dwelling. This could have been through a desktop/laptop computer, mobile or smart phone, tablet, music or video player, gaming console, smart TV or any other device.

People characteristics

In Dean Park, 44.3% of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people were male and 55.7% were female. The median age was 18 years.

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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.

In Dean Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.8 persons, with 1.1 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $1,875.

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In Dean Park, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $410 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,517.

View the data quality statements for: Rent weekly payments (RNTD) Mortgage monthly repayments (MRED) Indigenous household Indicator (INGDWTD)