Frankston (C) - East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 35,633 people were counted in Frankston (C) - East: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East there were 9,975 children aged 0-14 years and 4,372 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 31,457 people were Australian citizens, 6,705 were born overseas and 117 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 55.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.0% were separated or divorced, 3.7% were widowed and 28.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 76.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Frankston (C) - East were England 7.0%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 1.2%, Netherlands 1.0% and Sri Lanka 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Frankston (C) - East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.7%, No Religion 23.3%, Anglican 20.8%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.7%, Italian 0.7%, Spanish 0.5%, Greek 0.5% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 18,127 people aged 15 years and over in Frankston (C) - East were in the labour force. Of these 63.0% worked full-time, 28.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 6,635 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.6%, Professionals 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Frankston (C) - East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Construction Trade Services 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4% and Health Services 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 9,757 families were counted: of these, 27.7% were couple families without children, 55.7% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 12,054 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Frankston (C) - East, 91.9% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 25.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 54.3% were being purchased and 15.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Frankston (C) - East, 80.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.