Canberra

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 308,764 people were counted in Canberra: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra there were 65,436 children aged 0-14 years and 51,065 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 280,665 people were Australian citizens, 66,682 were born overseas and 2,754 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 49.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 35.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 73.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canberra were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 0.8%, Scotland 0.8% and Italy 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Canberra on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.1%, No Religion 19.6%, Anglican 18.4%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Croatian 0.9%, Greek 0.9%, Vietnamese 0.9% and Cantonese 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 169,364 people aged 15 years and over in Canberra were in the labour force. Of these 63.2% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 66,098 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.9%, Associate Professionals 9.4%, Managers and Administrators 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canberra, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 12.5%, Business Services 8.8%, Education 5.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Health Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 80,255 families were counted: of these, 33.9% were couple families without children, 49.0% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 114,728 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canberra, 76.4% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 33.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.5% were being purchased and 28.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 36.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 30.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canberra, 69.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.2% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.