Campbelltown (C) - West

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,457 people were counted in Campbelltown (C) - West: of these 47.4% were male and 52.6% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West there were 2,931 children aged 0-14 years and 5,957 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 16,315 people were Australian citizens, 5,445 were born overseas and 83 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 49.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 9.5% were widowed and 30.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 66.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Campbelltown (C) - West were Italy 10.9%, England 4.1%, Greece 1.1%, Germany 1.0% and Malaysia 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Campbelltown (C) - West on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 37.7%, No Religion 14.9%, Anglican 10.5%, Uniting Church 8.4% and Orthodox 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 16.7%, Greek 2.3%, Cantonese 1.3%, Mandarin 0.9% and German 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,015 people aged 15 years and over in Campbelltown (C) - West were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 33.5% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 6,959 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Associate Professionals 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Campbelltown (C) - West, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Health Services 4.4%, Education 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 5,135 families were counted: of these, 41.3% were couple families without children, 38.4% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 8,182 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Campbelltown (C) - West, 71.4% were separate houses, 14.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 44.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.3% were being purchased and 30.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 22.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 23.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 53.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Campbelltown (C) - West, 62.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.0% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.