Geraldton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 29,869 people were counted in Geraldton: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 7.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton there were 7,618 children aged 0-14 years and 5,883 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 27,427 people were Australian citizens, 3,648 were born overseas and 127 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 50.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.4% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 32.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 82.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Geraldton were England 4.6%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.7%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Geraldton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 23.6%, No Religion 18.5%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Malay 0.9%, Vietnamese 0.4%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2% and Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,515 people aged 15 years and over in Geraldton were in the labour force. Of these 53.8% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.5% were unemployed. 8,013 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.0%, Professionals 7.7%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Geraldton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.5%, Food Retailing 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Health Services 3.7% and Business Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 7,899 families were counted: of these, 34.9% were couple families without children, 46.0% were couple families with children, 18.0% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 11,115 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Geraldton, 80.3% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 32.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.2% were being purchased and 29.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Geraldton, 70.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.