Drummoyne (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 32,720 people were counted in Drummoyne (A): of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A) there were 5,033 children aged 0-14 years and 8,331 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 28,176 people were Australian citizens, 9,062 were born overseas and 252 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 49.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 7.0% were widowed and 33.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 65.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Drummoyne (A) were Italy 8.0%, England 3.4%, New Zealand 2.1%, Greece 1.5% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Drummoyne (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 42.5%, Anglican 17.0%, No Religion 11.7%, Orthodox 4.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 13.1%, Greek 3.3%, Cantonese 1.7%, Mandarin 1.0% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 17,800 people aged 15 years and over in Drummoyne (A) were in the labour force. Of these 69.7% worked full-time, 24.4% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 8,263 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 9.0%, Managers and Administrators 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Drummoyne (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.3%, Health Services 4.4%, Education 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 8,848 families were counted: of these, 43.3% were couple families without children, 41.0% were couple families with children, 13.1% were one parent families and 2.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 13,970 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Drummoyne (A), 47.4% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 38.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 42.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.2% were being purchased and 29.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Drummoyne (A), 62.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.4% were single (or lone) person households and 5.9% were group households.