3041803

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 543 people were counted in 3041803: of these 47.0% were male and 53.0% were female. Of the total population 17.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803 there were 112 children aged 0-14 years and 214 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 487 people were Australian citizens, 76 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 26.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 23.0% were separated or divorced, 14.7% were widowed and 35.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 81.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3041803 were England 3.5%, New Zealand 2.2%, Philippines 1.7%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in 3041803 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.7%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 9.6%, Uniting Church 8.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Oceanic Austronesian Languages, nec (incl. Hawai'ian, Rotuman, Tuvaluan) 2.0%, German 0.9%, Greek 0.9%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.9% and Netherlandic 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 132 people aged 15 years and over in 3041803 were in the labour force. Of these 37.1% worked full-time, 38.6% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 22.0% were unemployed. 271 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Professionals 2.8%, Associate Professionals 2.1% and Managers and Administrators 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3041803, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.0%, Education 2.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.8%, Construction Trade Services 1.6% and Manufacturing, undefined 1.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 129 families were counted: of these, 25.6% were couple families without children, 29.5% were couple families with children, 42.6% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 281 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3041803, 34.5% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 57.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 7.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 5.0% were being purchased and 83.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 2.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 92.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 3.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3041803, 43.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 54.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.