Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,946 people were counted in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 4.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield there were 2,157 children aged 0-14 years and 2,211 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 9,706 people were Australian citizens, 1,944 were born overseas and 265 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 45.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.7% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 35.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 76.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield were England 4.6%, New Zealand 3.5%, Papua New Guinea 1.1%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.8%, Anglican 20.6%, No Religion 19.5%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.9%, Italian 0.8%, Japanese 0.7%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,162 people aged 15 years and over in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield were in the labour force. Of these 61.3% worked full-time, 29.5% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.4% were unemployed. 2,236 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.5%, Associate Professionals 9.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.1%, Managers and Administrators 4.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.9%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.8%, Health Services 5.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2% and Education 4.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 2,950 families were counted: of these, 39.7% were couple families without children, 40.8% were couple families with children, 17.3% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 4,475 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 74.0% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 35.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.5% were being purchased and 32.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cairns (C) - Mt Whitfield, 65.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.4% were single (or lone) person households and 5.7% were group households.