Cairns (C) - Barron

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,664 people were counted in Cairns (C) - Barron: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 5.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron there were 4,303 children aged 0-14 years and 2,775 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 15,644 people were Australian citizens, 3,313 were born overseas and 485 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.3% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 32.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 75.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cairns (C) - Barron were England 5.3%, New Zealand 3.5%, Papua New Guinea 1.1%, Germany 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Cairns (C) - Barron on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.3%, No Religion 20.4%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.8%, Italian 0.7%, Japanese 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.4% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,295 people aged 15 years and over in Cairns (C) - Barron were in the labour force. Of these 59.5% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 3,632 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Professionals 11.0%, Associate Professionals 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cairns (C) - Barron, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2%, Education 5.0%, Business Services 4.7% and Health Services 4.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 4,505 families were counted: of these, 34.8% were couple families without children, 47.4% were couple families with children, 16.5% 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 Cairns (C) - Barron, 6,815 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cairns (C) - Barron, 71.6% were separate houses, 5.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.3% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 27.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.9% were being purchased and 32.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Barron, 65.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.4% were single (or lone) person households and 4.9% were group households.