1350605

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 707 people were counted in 1350605: of these 56.7% were male and 43.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605 there were 200 children aged 0-14 years and 86 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 431 people were Australian citizens, 477 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 51.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.7% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 27.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 1350605 were Lebanon 9.2%, Pakistan 7.9%, Viet Nam 5.9%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 5.8% and Fiji 5.1%.

Of all people counted in 1350605 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Islam 43.3%, Catholic 15.0%, No Religion 7.5%, Orthodox 6.4% and Buddhism 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 21.6%, Urdu 8.8%, Cantonese 5.9%, Bengali 5.8% and Vietnamese 5.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 12.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 268 people aged 15 years and over in 1350605 were in the labour force. Of these 57.5% worked full-time, 24.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 15.7% were unemployed. 215 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Professionals 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 1.8%, Associate Professionals 1.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 1350605, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%, Road Transport 2.5%, Business Services 2.5% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 175 families were counted: of these, 19.4% were couple families without children, 55.4% were couple families with children, 22.9% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 277 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 1350605, 3.6% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 92.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 21.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 7.9% were being purchased and 61.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 80.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 11.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 1350605, 61.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.