Alpine (S) - West

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,307 people were counted in Alpine (S) - West: of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West there were 956 children aged 0-14 years and 1,110 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 4,001 people were Australian citizens, 664 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 56.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 8.1% were widowed and 26.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 80.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Alpine (S) - West were Italy 7.9%, England 1.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 0.7% and Croatia 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Alpine (S) - West on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 44.3%, Anglican 17.2%, No Religion 12.1%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 12.2%, Croatian 0.6%, Spanish 0.5%, German 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 81.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,014 people aged 15 years and over in Alpine (S) - West were in the labour force. Of these 57.7% worked full-time, 31.9% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.0% were unemployed. 1,239 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.7%, Managers and Administrators 8.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.5%, Professionals 6.0%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Alpine (S) - West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Wood and Paper Product Manufacturing 7.4%, Agriculture 6.8%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Health Services 3.8% and Education 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 1,200 families were counted: of these, 40.0% were couple families without children, 45.8% were couple families with children, 12.9% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 1,722 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Alpine (S) - West, 90.8% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 51.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.2% were being purchased and 20.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 19.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 62.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Alpine (S) - West, 69.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.