Culcairn (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,823 people were counted in Culcairn (A): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A) there were 915 children aged 0-14 years and 1,087 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 3,667 people were Australian citizens, 195 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 59.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.0% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 24.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 91.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Culcairn (A) were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and Philippines 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Culcairn (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 21.7%, Lutheran 21.1%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 8.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Cantonese 0.1%, Italian 0.1% and Polish 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,598 people aged 15 years and over in Culcairn (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 4.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 1,227 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 14.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.5%, Associate Professionals 3.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Culcairn (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 15.5%, Education 4.2%, Road Transport 2.9%, Health Services 2.4% and Food Retailing 2.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 1,048 families were counted: of these, 42.5% were couple families without children, 43.6% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 1,431 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Culcairn (A), 97.0% were separate houses, 0.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 57.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.6% were being purchased and 12.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 20.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 74.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Culcairn (A), 73.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.