Archerfield

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 576 people were counted in Archerfield: of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Of the total population 6.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield there were 124 children aged 0-14 years and 109 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 509 people were Australian citizens, 138 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 41.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.1% were separated or divorced, 3.5% were widowed and 40.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 71.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Archerfield were New Zealand 5.2%, Viet Nam 4.5%, England 3.1%, Samoa 1.2% and Papua New Guinea 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Archerfield on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.1%, Anglican 23.1%, No Religion 16.5%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Buddhism 4.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 6.4%, Samoan 2.8%, Cantonese 1.9%, Spanish 1.7% and Tamil 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 77.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 281 people aged 15 years and over in Archerfield were in the labour force. Of these 61.9% worked full-time, 24.6% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.7% were unemployed. 161 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 10.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 9.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Professionals 4.6%, Associate Professionals 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 1.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Archerfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.6%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.9%, Metal Product Manufacturing 3.3%, Road Transport 3.1% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 151 families were counted: of these, 33.1% were couple families without children, 43.7% were couple families with children, 21.2% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 227 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Archerfield, 89.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 35.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.6% were being purchased and 37.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Archerfield, 62.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.4% were single (or lone) person households and 6.2% were group households.