Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,666 people were counted in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD: of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD there were 2,629 children aged 0-14 years and 1,799 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 9,534 people were Australian citizens, 1,986 were born overseas and 79 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 59.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 3.1% were widowed and 26.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 76.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD were England 6.0%, New Zealand 4.8%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.7% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 22.7%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Lutheran 6.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Maltese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,424 people aged 15 years and over in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD were in the labour force. Of these 59.7% worked full-time, 29.4% worked part-time, 3.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 2,380 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Professionals 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 4.9%, Business Services 4.0%, Education 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Food Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 2,999 families were counted: of these, 35.8% were couple families without children, 52.2% were couple families with children, 10.8% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 3,636 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 93.1% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 33.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.3% were being purchased and 21.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 48.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gold Coast (C) Bal in BSD, 81.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.