Phillip

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,689 people were counted in Phillip: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip there were 123 children aged 0-14 years and 212 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 1,415 people were Australian citizens, 428 were born overseas and 27 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 24.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 17.2% were separated or divorced, 2.9% were widowed and 55.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 67.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Phillip were England 4.4%, New Zealand 1.8%, Malaysia 1.2%, India 1.1% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Phillip on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.6%, Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 14.4%, Uniting Church 3.8% and Buddhism 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 1.2%, Cantonese 1.2%, Italian 1.0%, Persian 0.8% and French 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 78.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,258 people aged 15 years and over in Phillip were in the labour force. Of these 73.8% worked full-time, 20.5% worked part-time, 1.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 216 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 27.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.8%, Associate Professionals 12.6%, Managers and Administrators 10.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5% and Labourers and Related Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Phillip, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 23.4%, Business Services 9.4%, Health Services 7.3%, Education 5.2% and Defence 4.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 337 families were counted: of these, 62.3% were couple families without children, 14.8% were couple families with children, 19.0% were one parent families and 3.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 1,049 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Phillip, 0.3% were separate houses, 42.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 56.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 15.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.4% were being purchased and 60.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Phillip, 32.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 48.0% were single (or lone) person households and 9.5% were group households.