Belconnen

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 81,701 people were counted in Belconnen: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen there were 16,448 children aged 0-14 years and 13,423 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 74,679 people were Australian citizens, 17,822 were born overseas and 546 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 48.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 3.9% were widowed and 37.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 74.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Belconnen were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Viet Nam 0.9%, Italy 0.9% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Belconnen on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 19.2%, Anglican 18.0%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.2%, Vietnamese 1.1%, Spanish 1.0% and Croatian 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 45,796 people aged 15 years and over in Belconnen were in the labour force. Of these 61.3% worked full-time, 30.8% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 17,803 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.9%, Associate Professionals 9.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Managers and Administrators 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Belconnen, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 11.8%, Business Services 8.6%, Education 6.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 21,877 families were counted: of these, 33.1% were couple families without children, 49.3% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 30,062 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Belconnen, 81.3% were separate houses, 13.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 36.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.5% were being purchased and 26.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen, 72.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.2% were single (or lone) person households and 5.0% were group households.