Evans (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,129 people were counted in Evans (A): of these 53.4% were male and 46.6% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A) there were 1,161 children aged 0-14 years and 1,128 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 4,617 people were Australian citizens, 437 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 58.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Evans (A) were England 3.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Evans (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.1%, Anglican 27.5%, No Religion 11.0%, Presbyterian & Reformed 6.0% and Uniting Church 5.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.3%, Italian 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, German 0.1% and Croatian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,478 people aged 15 years and over in Evans (A) were in the labour force. Of these 59.0% worked full-time, 32.3% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 1,375 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 13.2%, Professionals 9.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Evans (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 12.8%, Education 5.9%, Health Services 3.4%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.1% and Business Services 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 1,394 families were counted: of these, 40.2% were couple families without children, 49.1% were couple families with children, 9.8% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 1,840 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Evans (A), 97.6% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 53.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.3% were being purchased and 11.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 23.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 77.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Evans (A), 75.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.2% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.