Canterbury-Bankstown

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 294,776 people were counted in Canterbury-Bankstown: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown there were 62,648 children aged 0-14 years and 66,160 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 248,123 people were Australian citizens, 120,633 were born overseas and 1,775 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 54.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 29.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 52.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canterbury-Bankstown were Lebanon 6.2%, Viet Nam 4.9%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.1%, Greece 3.0% and Italy 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Canterbury-Bankstown on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.1%, Anglican 12.0%, Islam 11.7%, Orthodox 11.4% and No Religion 7.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 15.4%, Greek 7.2%, Vietnamese 5.7%, Cantonese 4.3% and Italian 2.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 40.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 124,420 people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury-Bankstown were in the labour force. Of these 62.4% worked full-time, 25.4% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.4% were unemployed. 94,539 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Professionals 7.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Associate Professionals 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury-Bankstown, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%, Food Retailing 2.6%, Health Services 2.5% and Education 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 76,936 families were counted: of these, 28.1% were couple families without children, 53.6% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 100,955 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canterbury-Bankstown, 66.4% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 44.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.8% were being purchased and 30.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury-Bankstown, 73.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.