Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,266 people were counted in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East: of these 51.4% were male and 48.6% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East there were 1,591 children aged 0-14 years and 1,784 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 6,953 people were Australian citizens, 524 were born overseas and 51 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.4% were separated or divorced, 7.1% were widowed and 25.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 88.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East were England 2.1%, Greece 1.0%, Germany 0.6%, New Zealand 0.5% and Italy 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Lutheran 23.9%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 13.8%, Anglican 12.3% and Catholic 11.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.8%, Italian 0.9%, German 0.2%, Punjabi 0.2% and Persian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,627 people aged 15 years and over in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East were in the labour force. Of these 63.6% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 1,901 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 14.6%, Managers and Administrators 13.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Professionals 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.5%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 20.4%, Health Services 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 3.8%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.4% and Education 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 2,024 families were counted: of these, 44.1% were couple families without children, 43.9% were couple families with children, 10.9% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 2,850 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 87.0% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.2% were flats, units or apartments and 4.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 47.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.7% were being purchased and 22.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 17.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 62.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Loxton Waikerie (DC) - East, 70.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.