Margate-Woody Point

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,342 people were counted in Margate-Woody Point: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 2.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point there were 1,750 children aged 0-14 years and 3,445 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 9,264 people were Australian citizens, 1,996 were born overseas and 57 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 42.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 18.4% were separated or divorced, 10.4% were widowed and 28.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 76.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Margate-Woody Point were England 6.6%, New Zealand 4.4%, Scotland 1.2%, Philippines 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Margate-Woody Point on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.4%, Catholic 23.6%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Samoan 0.4%, German 0.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3% and French 0.3%. 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, 4,126 people aged 15 years and over in Margate-Woody Point were in the labour force. Of these 54.1% worked full-time, 29.9% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.8% were unemployed. 4,159 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Professionals 5.6%, Associate Professionals 4.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Margate-Woody Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 3.2%, Education 3.0%, Business Services 2.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 2,796 families were counted: of these, 42.0% were couple families without children, 31.4% were couple families with children, 24.5% were one parent families and 2.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 4,780 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Margate-Woody Point, 70.5% were separate houses, 3.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 35.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.0% were being purchased and 40.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Margate-Woody Point, 57.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 36.6% were single (or lone) person households and 3.7% were group households.