Canterbury (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 129,935 people were counted in Canterbury (C): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C) there were 26,962 children aged 0-14 years and 28,414 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 103,178 people were Australian citizens, 62,381 were born overseas and 1,012 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 29.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 44.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canterbury (C) were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 6.4%, Lebanon 5.8%, Greece 4.8%, Viet Nam 3.6% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Canterbury (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, Orthodox 14.8%, Islam 11.6%, No Religion 9.1% and Anglican 7.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 14.5%, Greek 11.1%, Cantonese 6.0%, Mandarin 4.4% and Vietnamese 3.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 30.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 54,250 people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury (C) were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 25.1% worked part-time, 4.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.9% were unemployed. 41,764 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.1%, Professionals 7.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Associate Professionals 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.9%, Health Services 2.6% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 33,662 families were counted: of these, 27.5% were couple families without children, 53.6% were couple families with children, 16.6% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 45,946 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canterbury (C), 54.4% were separate houses, 7.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 36.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 40.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.2% were being purchased and 34.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury (C), 70.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.