Playford (C) - Elizabeth

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 25,088 people were counted in Playford (C) - Elizabeth: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 3.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth there were 5,615 children aged 0-14 years and 6,646 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 21,370 people were Australian citizens, 6,797 were born overseas and 66 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 40.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.1% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 34.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 67.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Playford (C) - Elizabeth were England 15.7%, Scotland 2.6%, Germany 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9% and New Zealand 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Playford (C) - Elizabeth on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 28.2%, Anglican 18.7%, Catholic 15.4%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Lutheran 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, German 0.6%, Spanish 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.4% and Romanian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,194 people aged 15 years and over in Playford (C) - Elizabeth were in the labour force. Of these 45.5% worked full-time, 30.1% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 21.2% were unemployed. 10,573 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.9%, Professionals 2.3%, Associate Professionals 2.3%, Managers and Administrators 1.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.7%, Business Services 2.4%, Food Retailing 2.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.8% and Health Services 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 6,748 families were counted: of these, 35.2% were couple families without children, 33.4% were couple families with children, 29.4% were one parent families and 2.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 10,326 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 58.7% were separate houses, 35.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 24.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.9% were being purchased and 43.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 14.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 61.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 22.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Playford (C) - Elizabeth, 64.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.