Caloundra (C) - Kawana

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,041 people were counted in Caloundra (C) - Kawana: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana there were 3,288 children aged 0-14 years and 5,190 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 15,444 people were Australian citizens, 2,853 were born overseas and 161 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 55.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.0% were separated or divorced, 7.6% were widowed and 25.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 79.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Caloundra (C) - Kawana were England 5.0%, New Zealand 4.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Caloundra (C) - Kawana on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.0%, Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 16.8%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Italian 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, French 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,222 people aged 15 years and over in Caloundra (C) - Kawana were in the labour force. Of these 50.5% worked full-time, 35.5% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 6,160 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Professionals 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1%, Food Retailing 3.8%, Business Services 3.7%, Construction Trade Services 3.1% and Health Services 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 5,003 families were counted: of these, 45.9% were couple families without children, 36.9% were couple families with children, 16.0% 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 Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 6,835 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 79.1% were separate houses, 16.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 47.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.7% were being purchased and 25.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Caloundra (C) - Kawana, 72.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.