Hurstville (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 70,009 people were counted in Hurstville (C): of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C) there were 12,969 children aged 0-14 years and 17,562 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 59,319 people were Australian citizens, 24,182 were born overseas and 633 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 54.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.9% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 29.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 59.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hurstville (C) were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 7.1%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.1%, England 2.2%, New Zealand 2.1% and Greece 1.7%.

Of all people counted in Hurstville (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 18.0%, No Religion 13.2%, Orthodox 9.4% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 9.3%, Greek 5.0%, Mandarin 4.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.0% and Macedonian 2.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 56.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 33,371 people aged 15 years and over in Hurstville (C) were in the labour force. Of these 64.4% worked full-time, 27.2% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.5% were unemployed. 20,992 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.5%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 4.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hurstville (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.5%, Education 3.6%, Health Services 3.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 18,999 families were counted: of these, 32.7% were couple families without children, 50.5% were couple families with children, 14.6% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 26,099 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hurstville (C), 63.4% were separate houses, 9.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 25.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 47.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.0% were being purchased and 26.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 22.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hurstville (C), 70.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.