Shailer Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,771 people were counted in Shailer Park: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park there were 2,514 children aged 0-14 years and 1,275 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 9,358 people were Australian citizens, 2,883 were born overseas and 96 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 56.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 2.6% were widowed and 31.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 70.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Shailer Park were England 7.7%, New Zealand 7.1%, South Africa 1.3%, Scotland 1.1% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Shailer Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.6%, Anglican 23.4%, No Religion 13.3%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.5%, Greek 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,236 people aged 15 years and over in Shailer Park were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 1,903 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Professionals 9.9%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Shailer Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 6.4%, Business Services 6.0%, Education 5.7%, Food Retailing 4.5% and Construction Trade Services 4.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 3,020 families were counted: of these, 26.3% were couple families without children, 58.6% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 3,527 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Shailer Park, 89.6% were separate houses, 9.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 30.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 46.6% were being purchased and 19.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Shailer Park, 84.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.