Loddon-Mallee

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 245,075 people were counted in Loddon-Mallee: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee there were 55,153 children aged 0-14 years and 58,868 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 228,261 people were Australian citizens, 19,397 were born overseas and 761 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 53.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.6% were separated or divorced, 7.3% were widowed and 28.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 87.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Loddon-Mallee were England 2.4%, New Zealand 0.7%, Italy 0.7%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Loddon-Mallee on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 20.2%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Greek 0.4%, Turkish 0.3%, German 0.2% and Tongan 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 111,046 people aged 15 years and over in Loddon-Mallee were in the labour force. Of these 58.6% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 71,602 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Managers and Administrators 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Loddon-Mallee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 6.5%, Health Services 4.2%, Education 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 65,748 families were counted: of these, 37.8% were couple families without children, 45.7% were couple families with children, 15.1% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 93,750 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Loddon-Mallee, 88.3% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 45.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.0% were being purchased and 20.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Loddon-Mallee, 69.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.4% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.