Hume (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,352 people were counted in Hume (A): of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A) there were 1,844 children aged 0-14 years and 1,587 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 6,811 people were Australian citizens, 567 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 63.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.6% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 24.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 86.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hume (A) were England 2.8%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 0.7%, Germany 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Hume (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.4%, Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 11.6%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Lutheran 7.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, German 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1% and Spanish 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,533 people aged 15 years and over in Hume (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 29.9% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 1,739 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 11.0%, Professionals 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hume (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.2%, Health Services 4.4%, Education 4.3%, Business Services 3.2% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 2,059 families were counted: of these, 37.5% were couple families without children, 52.7% were couple families with children, 9.0% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 2,579 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hume (A), 95.3% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 45.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.9% were being purchased and 10.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 71.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hume (A), 79.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.