Gosford (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 154,045 people were counted in Gosford (C): of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C) there were 32,866 children aged 0-14 years and 41,439 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 139,529 people were Australian citizens, 21,987 were born overseas and 609 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 52.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.6% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 80.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gosford (C) were England 5.5%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Gosford (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.2%, Catholic 26.3%, No Religion 12.3%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.3%, Spanish 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 68,372 people aged 15 years and over in Gosford (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 33.1% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.4% were unemployed. 47,654 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gosford (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Health Services 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Education 3.5% and Food Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 42,047 families were counted: of these, 38.1% were couple families without children, 44.3% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 59,868 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gosford (C), 76.9% were separate houses, 11.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 42.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.7% were being purchased and 22.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gosford (C), 69.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.