Guyra (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,201 people were counted in Guyra (A): of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Of the total population 9.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A) there were 997 children aged 0-14 years and 1,123 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 3,986 people were Australian citizens, 169 were born overseas and 5 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 55.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 7.6% were widowed and 27.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 90.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Guyra (A) were England 1.6%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.3%, Northern Ireland 0.1% and Ireland 0.1%.

Of all people counted in Guyra (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 40.5%, Catholic 22.7%, Presbyterian & Reformed 8.5%, No Religion 7.3% and Uniting Church 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were French 0.1%, German 0.1%, Spanish 0.1%, Polish 0.1% and Romanian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,790 people aged 15 years and over in Guyra (A) were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 27.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.7% were unemployed. 1,300 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 15.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.5%, Professionals 4.2%, Associate Professionals 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Guyra (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 17.3%, Education 2.8%, Health Services 2.3%, Business Services 2.2% and Motor Vehicle Retailing and Services 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 1,179 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 41.8% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 1,576 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Guyra (A), 95.1% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 52.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.0% were being purchased and 19.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 14.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 74.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Guyra (A), 74.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.8% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.