Remainder - Balance WA

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 257,727 people were counted in Remainder - Balance WA: of these 53.9% were male and 46.1% were female. Of the total population 12.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA there were 59,967 children aged 0-14 years and 48,690 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 225,225 people were Australian citizens, 36,819 were born overseas and 3,285 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 52.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 33.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 78.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Remainder - Balance WA were England 4.8%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Remainder - Balance WA on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 21.8%, No Religion 20.3%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Central Aboriginal, nec 1.0%, Italian 0.5%, German 0.3%, Malay 0.3% and Kukatja (Gugaja) 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 124,559 people aged 15 years and over in Remainder - Balance WA were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 29.1% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 61,303 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Professionals 7.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.4%, Managers and Administrators 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Associate Professionals 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Remainder - Balance WA, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 6.1%, Metal Ore Mining 5.5%, Education 3.9%, Government Administration 3.4% and Business Services 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 56,245 families were counted: of these, 36.6% were couple families without children, 47.9% were couple families with children, 14.1% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 88,737 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Remainder - Balance WA, 73.1% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.9% were flats, units or apartments and 13.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 31.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.2% were being purchased and 32.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 59.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Remainder - Balance WA, 61.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.