Fairfield (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 181,300 people were counted in Fairfield (C): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C) there were 41,066 children aged 0-14 years and 32,887 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 155,982 people were Australian citizens, 95,343 were born overseas and 636 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 53.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 31.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 41.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Fairfield (C) were Viet Nam 13.8%, Iraq 4.3%, Cambodia 3.7%, Italy 2.9% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.3%.

Of all people counted in Fairfield (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.1%, Buddhism 21.2%, Anglican 7.7%, Orthodox 7.0% and No Religion 5.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 15.5%, Cantonese 5.8%, Assyrian (incl. Aramaic) 4.9%, Spanish 4.9% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 29.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 74,244 people aged 15 years and over in Fairfield (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.3% worked full-time, 22.7% worked part-time, 4.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.7% were unemployed. 60,115 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.5%, Professionals 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Associate Professionals 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Fairfield (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8%, Food Retailing 2.6%, Construction Trade Services 2.5% and Health Services 2.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 46,974 families were counted: of these, 22.5% were couple families without children, 57.2% were couple families with children, 18.4% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 55,123 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Fairfield (C), 76.5% were separate houses, 10.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 11.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 42.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.8% were being purchased and 28.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Fairfield (C), 80.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.