Mandurah (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 44,883 people were counted in Mandurah (C): of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C) there were 9,823 children aged 0-14 years and 12,886 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 39,879 people were Australian citizens, 8,708 were born overseas and 137 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 55.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.1% were separated or divorced, 6.9% were widowed and 24.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 74.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mandurah (C) were England 10.5%, New Zealand 1.9%, Scotland 1.3%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Mandurah (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.3%, No Religion 20.4%, Catholic 18.7%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, German 0.3%, French 0.1% and Cantonese 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 17,623 people aged 15 years and over in Mandurah (C) were in the labour force. Of these 50.0% worked full-time, 34.7% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.6% were unemployed. 15,876 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Professionals 5.4%, Associate Professionals 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mandurah (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Product Manufacturing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.5%, Construction Trade Services 3.1% and Education 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 12,934 families were counted: of these, 45.3% were couple families without children, 37.7% were couple families with children, 16.1% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 18,119 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mandurah (C), 81.3% were separate houses, 14.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 39.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.4% were being purchased and 22.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mandurah (C), 70.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.