Hawkesbury (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 60,887 people were counted in Hawkesbury (C): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C) there were 15,232 children aged 0-14 years and 9,943 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 54,444 people were Australian citizens, 8,023 were born overseas and 186 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 54.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 30.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 80.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hawkesbury (C) were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.3%, Malta 0.7%, Netherlands 0.6% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Hawkesbury (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.9%, Catholic 26.6%, No Religion 12.2%, Uniting Church 5.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Macedonian 0.4%, German 0.3% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 30,681 people aged 15 years and over in Hawkesbury (C) were in the labour force. Of these 62.9% worked full-time, 29.4% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.7% were unemployed. 12,771 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.5%, Professionals 9.3%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Managers and Administrators 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hawkesbury (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 4.7%, Education 4.6%, Business Services 4.2%, Health Services 3.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 16,178 families were counted: of these, 30.0% were couple families without children, 53.8% were couple families with children, 15.2% 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 Hawkesbury (C), 20,782 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hawkesbury (C), 85.4% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 34.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.6% were being purchased and 22.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hawkesbury (C), 76.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.