Gosford-Wyong

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 284,581 people were counted in Gosford-Wyong: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong there were 62,465 children aged 0-14 years and 76,964 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 258,337 people were Australian citizens, 37,664 were born overseas and 927 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 52.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.1% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 26.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 81.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gosford-Wyong were England 5.0%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Gosford-Wyong on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 32.8%, Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 12.0%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, Spanish 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 120,860 people aged 15 years and over in Gosford-Wyong were in the labour force. Of these 56.0% worked full-time, 32.7% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.5% were unemployed. 91,737 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Professionals 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gosford-Wyong, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.2%, Health Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7%, Food Retailing 3.2% and Education 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 77,966 families were counted: of these, 38.2% were couple families without children, 43.3% were couple families with children, 17.3% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

Dwellings include visitor only and other not-classifiable households unless otherwise stated

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 110,692 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gosford-Wyong, 79.9% were separate houses, 10.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 42.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.5% were being purchased and 23.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford-Wyong, 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.