Mackay (C) - Pt A

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 62,806 people were counted in Mackay (C) - Pt A: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 4.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A there were 14,579 children aged 0-14 years and 12,478 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 58,219 people were Australian citizens, 5,889 were born overseas and 339 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 51.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.7% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 30.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 85.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mackay (C) - Pt A were England 2.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Malta 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Mackay (C) - Pt A on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.3%, Anglican 20.9%, No Religion 13.3%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Maltese 0.4%, German 0.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 29,841 people aged 15 years and over in Mackay (C) - Pt A were in the labour force. Of these 58.6% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.0% were unemployed. 16,678 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.7%, Professionals 8.1%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mackay (C) - Pt A, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Business Services 4.0%, Health Services 3.6% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 16,743 families were counted: of these, 34.4% were couple families without children, 47.6% were couple families with children, 16.6% 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 Mackay (C) - Pt A, 23,633 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 79.8% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.2% were being purchased and 32.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mackay (C) - Pt A, 70.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.