Woden Valley

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 31,336 people were counted in Woden Valley: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley there were 5,653 children aged 0-14 years and 8,004 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 28,042 people were Australian citizens, 7,979 were born overseas and 245 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 32.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 69.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Woden Valley were England 5.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 1.0% and Italy 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Woden Valley on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.2%, No Religion 19.5%, Anglican 18.7%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.4%, Greek 1.1%, German 0.9%, Mandarin 0.9% and Cantonese 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,504 people aged 15 years and over in Woden Valley were in the labour force. Of these 62.6% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 8,121 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Managers and Administrators 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Woden Valley, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 13.1%, Business Services 8.4%, Education 5.8%, Health Services 5.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 8,249 families were counted: of these, 41.4% were couple families without children, 43.7% were couple families with children, 13.3% 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 Woden Valley, 12,965 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Woden Valley, 69.4% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 40.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.2% were being purchased and 30.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Woden Valley, 63.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.8% were single (or lone) person households and 4.4% were group households.