Belconnen Town Centre

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,826 people were counted in Belconnen Town Centre: of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre there were 236 children aged 0-14 years and 252 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 2,214 people were Australian citizens, 890 were born overseas and 59 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 22.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 2.5% were widowed and 65.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 63.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Belconnen Town Centre were England 3.1%, Viet Nam 2.6%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.0%, India 1.7% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Belconnen Town Centre on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.0%, Catholic 21.1%, Anglican 13.7%, Buddhism 5.1% and Islam 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.7%, Vietnamese 2.6%, Mandarin 2.5%, Bengali 1.1% and Spanish 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,801 people aged 15 years and over in Belconnen Town Centre were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 30.9% worked part-time, 1.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 689 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.2%, Associate Professionals 9.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Belconnen Town Centre, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 13.3%, Business Services 8.4%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.9%, Education 5.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 523 families were counted: of these, 49.7% were couple families without children, 18.0% were couple families with children, 24.3% were one parent families and 8.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 1,335 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Belconnen Town Centre, 2.3% were separate houses, 53.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 11.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 10.4% were being purchased and 72.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Belconnen Town Centre, 38.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 38.7% were single (or lone) person households and 16.9% were group households.