Queanbeyan (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 31,098 people were counted in Queanbeyan (C): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 2.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C) there were 7,009 children aged 0-14 years and 5,311 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 28,302 people were Australian citizens, 5,572 were born overseas and 182 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 49.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.4% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 32.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 76.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Queanbeyan (C) were England 3.0%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 2.0%, New Zealand 1.5%, Italy 1.5% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Queanbeyan (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.3%, Anglican 23.5%, No Religion 11.4%, Orthodox 5.9% and Uniting Church 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Macedonian 3.5%, Italian 2.2%, Serbian 1.1%, Croatian 0.9% and Greek 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 81.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,211 people aged 15 years and over in Queanbeyan (C) were in the labour force. Of these 64.6% worked full-time, 27.5% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.7% were unemployed. 6,893 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.7%, Professionals 9.2%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 5.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Queanbeyan (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 7.5%, Business Services 6.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Defence 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 8,024 families were counted: of these, 31.9% were couple families without children, 49.7% were couple families with children, 16.6% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 12,102 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Queanbeyan (C), 64.9% were separate houses, 13.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 31.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.9% were being purchased and 33.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Queanbeyan (C), 65.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.