Ashfield (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 38,981 people were counted in Ashfield (A): of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A) there were 6,066 children aged 0-14 years and 9,057 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 30,072 people were Australian citizens, 16,830 were born overseas and 513 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 44.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.6% were separated or divorced, 7.0% were widowed and 37.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 49.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ashfield (A) were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 7.7%, Italy 5.9%, England 2.4%, India 2.2% and New Zealand 2.0%.

Of all people counted in Ashfield (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.6%, No Religion 16.9%, Anglican 10.5%, Orthodox 4.3% and Buddhism 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 9.2%, Mandarin 6.1%, Cantonese 4.9%, Greek 2.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 49.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 19,623 people aged 15 years and over in Ashfield (A) were in the labour force. Of these 64.6% worked full-time, 26.3% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.1% were unemployed. 11,144 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ashfield (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.2%, Education 4.6%, Health Services 4.2%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 9,511 families were counted: of these, 35.7% were couple families without children, 46.2% were couple families with children, 14.7% were one parent families and 3.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 15,457 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ashfield (A), 37.5% were separate houses, 12.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 46.6% were flats, units or apartments and 1.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 35.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 16.5% were being purchased and 38.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 68.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ashfield (A), 60.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.9% were single (or lone) person households and 6.4% were group households.