Birkdale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,469 people were counted in Birkdale: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale there were 3,157 children aged 0-14 years and 2,557 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 12,073 people were Australian citizens, 2,567 were born overseas and 92 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 57.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 27.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 76.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Birkdale were England 5.6%, New Zealand 4.4%, Netherlands 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Birkdale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.6%, Anglican 24.0%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 9.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.7%, Mandarin 0.5%, Cantonese 0.5% and German 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,854 people aged 15 years and over in Birkdale were in the labour force. Of these 60.5% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.4% were unemployed. 3,177 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.9%, Professionals 8.3%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Birkdale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.5%, Education 4.2%, Food Retailing 3.7% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 3,728 families were counted: of these, 31.8% were couple families without children, 54.9% were couple families with children, 12.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 4,489 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Birkdale, 91.2% were separate houses, 4.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 39.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.5% were being purchased and 18.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Birkdale, 81.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.