Weston Creek-Stromlo

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 22,338 people were counted in Weston Creek-Stromlo: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo there were 4,108 children aged 0-14 years and 5,201 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 20,773 people were Australian citizens, 4,804 were born overseas and 147 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 51.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 75.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Weston Creek-Stromlo were England 5.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Germany 1.1%, Scotland 1.0% and Italy 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Weston Creek-Stromlo on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 18.5%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, Croatian 0.9%, German 0.8%, Spanish 0.7% and Greek 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 12,482 people aged 15 years and over in Weston Creek-Stromlo were in the labour force. Of these 62.2% worked full-time, 30.9% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 5,349 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.6%, Associate Professionals 9.4%, Managers and Administrators 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Weston Creek-Stromlo, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 13.2%, Business Services 9.0%, Education 6.3%, Health Services 4.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 6,423 families were counted: of these, 37.5% were couple families without children, 45.4% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 8,823 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 85.3% were separate houses, 9.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 43.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 31.0% were being purchased and 21.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 31.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Weston Creek-Stromlo, 72.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.