Indigo (S) - Pt B

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,380 people were counted in Indigo (S) - Pt B: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B there were 726 children aged 0-14 years and 907 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 3,153 people were Australian citizens, 196 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 25.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 89.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Indigo (S) - Pt B were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Indigo (S) - Pt B on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.6%, Anglican 26.8%, Uniting Church 12.6%, No Religion 11.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Japanese 0.1%, Italian 0.1% and Burman Languages, nec (incl. Lisu, Pho, Rawang) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,630 people aged 15 years and over in Indigo (S) - Pt B were in the labour force. Of these 62.2% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 929 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 10.6%, Professionals 8.4%, Managers and Administrators 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Indigo (S) - Pt B, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 13.6%, Agriculture 6.0%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.7%, Business Services 3.4% and Education 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 941 families were counted: of these, 41.9% were couple families without children, 44.6% were couple families with children, 11.9% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 1,340 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 89.0% were separate houses, 6.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 47.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.6% were being purchased and 18.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Indigo (S) - Pt B, 70.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.