Clifton (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,326 people were counted in Clifton (S): of these 50.9% were male and 49.1% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S) there were 538 children aged 0-14 years and 661 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 2,187 people were Australian citizens, 158 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 59.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 23.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 88.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Clifton (S) were England 2.7%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.5%, Netherlands 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Clifton (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 26.7%, Uniting Church 10.3%, Presbyterian & Reformed 9.2% and No Religion 7.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.1%, French 0.1%, Danish 0.1% and Greek 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,004 people aged 15 years and over in Clifton (S) were in the labour force. Of these 65.5% worked full-time, 26.5% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 710 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 19.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Professionals 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Associate Professionals 3.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Clifton (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 21.2%, Education 4.8%, Health Services 2.5%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 648 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 47.4% were couple families with children, 10.6% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 897 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Clifton (S), 95.8% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 54.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.2% were being purchased and 19.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 23.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 67.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Clifton (S), 72.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.