Gannawarra (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,378 people were counted in Gannawarra (S): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S) there were 2,492 children aged 0-14 years and 3,345 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 10,751 people were Australian citizens, 509 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 59.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 8.9% were widowed and 23.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 90.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gannawarra (S) were England 1.4%, New Zealand 0.5%, Netherlands 0.3%, South Africa 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Gannawarra (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.4%, Catholic 20.7%, Uniting Church 17.4%, No Religion 15.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1% and Afrikaans 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,189 people aged 15 years and over in Gannawarra (S) were in the labour force. Of these 63.2% worked full-time, 29.0% worked part-time, 3.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.2% were unemployed. 3,288 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 16.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Professionals 5.3%, Associate Professionals 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gannawarra (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 17.7%, Health Services 3.1%, Education 3.0%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 3,161 families were counted: of these, 44.4% were couple families without children, 44.3% were couple families with children, 10.1% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 4,523 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gannawarra (S), 93.3% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 54.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.5% were being purchased and 17.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 22.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gannawarra (S), 69.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.