Burwood (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 29,381 people were counted in Burwood (A): of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A) there were 4,965 children aged 0-14 years and 6,830 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 22,563 people were Australian citizens, 13,945 were born overseas and 579 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 48.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.3% were separated or divorced, 6.6% were widowed and 36.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 46.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burwood (A) were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 7.8%, Korea, Republic of (South) 5.0%, Italy 4.6%, Lebanon 2.5% and India 2.3%.

Of all people counted in Burwood (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.9%, No Religion 12.6%, Anglican 9.5%, Orthodox 7.0% and Buddhism 5.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 7.8%, Italian 7.3%, Mandarin 5.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 5.7% and Korean 5.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 41.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,600 people aged 15 years and over in Burwood (A) were in the labour force. Of these 61.6% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 3.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 9,497 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burwood (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.1%, Health Services 4.3%, Education 3.7%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.3% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 7,159 families were counted: of these, 29.6% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 14.9% were one parent families and 3.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 10,543 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burwood (A), 53.7% were separate houses, 9.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 34.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 42.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 14.4% were being purchased and 33.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burwood (A), 65.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.3% were single (or lone) person households and 6.1% were group households.