Hemmant-Lytton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,184 people were counted in Hemmant-Lytton: of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton there were 506 children aged 0-14 years and 297 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 1,876 people were Australian citizens, 438 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 47.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.6% were separated or divorced, 3.8% were widowed and 32.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 75.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hemmant-Lytton were New Zealand 6.6%, England 4.4%, Philippines 1.2%, Fiji 0.9% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Hemmant-Lytton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.5%, Anglican 23.2%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 8.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Spanish 1.1%, Cantonese 0.8%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.8%, Hindi 0.7% and Vietnamese 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,223 people aged 15 years and over in Hemmant-Lytton were in the labour force. Of these 66.7% worked full-time, 24.7% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 409 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 10.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 10.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Professionals 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hemmant-Lytton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.8%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 3.3% and Food Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 610 families were counted: of these, 33.4% were couple families without children, 47.5% were couple families with children, 17.4% 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 Hemmant-Lytton, 842 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hemmant-Lytton, 81.2% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 9.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 29.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 41.9% were being purchased and 21.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 25.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 60.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hemmant-Lytton, 71.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.9% were single (or lone) person households and 4.4% were group households.