Interesting 2001 Census facts, Jun 2002

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MEDIA RELEASE

June 17, 2002
Embargoed 11:30am (AEST)
80/2002

Interesting 2001 Census facts
  • Statistical Local Area (SLA) with the most university students ----- NSW - Randwick (C) - 9,292
  • SLA with the most babies or 0-4 year olds ----- NSW - Penrith (C) - 13,931
  • SLA with the most teenagers ----- NSW - Fairfield (C) - 20,015
  • SLA the most/ least 90+ year olds ----- NSW - Hornsby (A) - 985 (941 - 90-99 yrs, 44 - 100+yrs)
  • SLA with the most group households ----- NSW - South Sydney (C) - 4,830
  • SLA with the highest rate of personal computers use ----- NSW - Hornsby (A) - 84,716
  • SLA with the highest Internet usage ------ NSW - Hornsby (A) - 76,689
  • SLA with the highest/ lowest median age ----- QLD - Nudgee Beach - 56yrs; Lowest = ACT - Duntroon - 20 yrs
  • SLA with the most one parent families ----- NSW - Fairfield (C) - 8,639
  • Largest religion ----- Western catholic - 4,959,280
  • Number of people who live in rental dwellings compared to owner occupied ----- Rented = 4,547,928, Fully owned = 6,745,384
  • Number of people living in caravans or houseboats etc ----- Caravans - 151,034, Marinas - 3,433
  • Number of people away from their home on census night ----- 832,263 (excl. O/S visitors)
  • Number of defacto relationships compared with marriages compared with lone households ----- Married persons - 7,635,947, Lone person h'holds - 1,616,213
  • Number of overseas visitors ----- 203,101
  • Number of people born in New Zealand ----- 355,765
  • Number of females earning highest/ lowest income compared with males ----- Of employed: <$120pw, Males - 700,436, Females - 1,225,679; $1000pw or more, Males - 1,172,638, Females - 418,124

    (A) represents Local Govt Area excluding cities
    (C) represents City