Caboolture (S) - Central

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 16,449 people were counted in Caboolture (S) - Central: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 2.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central there were 4,110 children aged 0-14 years and 3,531 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 14,717 people were Australian citizens, 2,477 were born overseas and 70 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 46.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 15.5% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 30.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 79.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Caboolture (S) - Central were England 4.9%, New Zealand 3.3%, Philippines 0.8%, Scotland 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Caboolture (S) - Central on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.1%, Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 0.5%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.4%, German 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Vietnamese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,443 people aged 15 years and over in Caboolture (S) - Central were in the labour force. Of these 50.4% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.9% were unemployed. 5,400 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.3%, Associate Professionals 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 1.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Caboolture (S) - Central, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Health Services 3.0%, Business Services 2.6% and Education 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 4,299 families were counted: of these, 32.3% were couple families without children, 42.8% were couple families with children, 23.5% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 6,033 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Caboolture (S) - Central, 79.3% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 27.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.1% were being purchased and 38.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 23.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Caboolture (S) - Central, 70.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.