Sandgate

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,830 people were counted in Sandgate: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate there were 1,120 children aged 0-14 years and 1,682 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 5,356 people were Australian citizens, 917 were born overseas and 53 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 45.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.5% were separated or divorced, 10.1% were widowed and 28.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 80.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sandgate were England 5.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Sandgate on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 17.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Greek 0.4%, French 0.3%, Japanese 0.3% and Italian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,586 people aged 15 years and over in Sandgate were in the labour force. Of these 57.5% worked full-time, 29.7% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.7% were unemployed. 1,933 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.7%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 4.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sandgate, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.1%, Business Services 3.9%, Health Services 3.7%, Government Administration 3.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 1,472 families were counted: of these, 36.1% were couple families without children, 43.3% were couple families with children, 18.3% 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 Sandgate, 2,505 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sandgate, 73.9% were separate houses, 3.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 37.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.6% were being purchased and 34.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sandgate, 58.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 37.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.