1272306

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 969 people were counted in 1272306: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306 there were 216 children aged 0-14 years and 224 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 839 people were Australian citizens, 219 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 55.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.1% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 67.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 1272306 were England 3.6%, New Zealand 1.7%, Italy 1.3%, India 1.3% and Ireland 0.9%.

Of all people counted in 1272306 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.6%, Anglican 21.7%, No Religion 6.8%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Baptist 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.5%, Italian 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.4%, Greek 1.2% and Hindi 1.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 71.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 424 people aged 15 years and over in 1272306 were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 26.9% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 291 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Professionals 5.6%, Associate Professionals 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6% and Managers and Administrators 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 1272306, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.2%, Construction Trade Services 3.2%, Health Services 3.2%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 259 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 50.6% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 327 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 1272306, 95.7% were separate houses, 0.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 41.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.3% were being purchased and 19.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 66.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 1272306, 78.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.