Woocoo (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,954 people were counted in Woocoo (S): of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S) there were 726 children aged 0-14 years and 656 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 2,790 people were Australian citizens, 229 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 66.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 21.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 88.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Woocoo (S) were England 2.4%, New Zealand 1.6%, Germany 0.6%, Scotland 0.5% and Philippines 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Woocoo (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.0%, Catholic 16.4%, No Religion 15.3%, Uniting Church 11.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Finnish 0.1%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%, Welsh 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,335 people aged 15 years and over in Woocoo (S) were in the labour force. Of these 57.4% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 3.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.0% were unemployed. 815 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 10.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Associate Professionals 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Woocoo (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 10.3%, Education 3.8%, Health Services 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6% and Government Administration 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 877 families were counted: of these, 42.0% were couple families without children, 48.3% were couple families with children, 9.0% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 1,060 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Woocoo (S), 96.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 52.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.8% were being purchased and 10.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 28.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 65.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Woocoo (S), 82.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.