Wellington Point

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,290 people were counted in Wellington Point: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point there were 1,929 children aged 0-14 years and 1,435 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 7,492 people were Australian citizens, 1,597 were born overseas and 58 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 57.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 27.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 77.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wellington Point were England 6.1%, New Zealand 4.1%, Scotland 1.1%, South Africa 0.8% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Wellington Point on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.5%, Anglican 22.4%, No Religion 14.6%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.5%, German 0.4%, Croatian 0.3% and Cantonese 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,349 people aged 15 years and over in Wellington Point were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 31.2% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 1,922 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.6%, Professionals 10.7%, Associate Professionals 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wellington Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.7%, Education 4.9%, Health Services 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 2,360 families were counted: of these, 31.3% were couple families without children, 54.6% were couple families with children, 13.3% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 2,886 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wellington Point, 89.4% were separate houses, 6.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.7% were being purchased and 21.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wellington Point, 80.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.