Inverell (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 15,020 people were counted in Inverell (A): of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 4.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A) there were 3,448 children aged 0-14 years and 4,097 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 14,081 people were Australian citizens, 637 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 55.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 8.5% were widowed and 26.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 90.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Inverell (A) were England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.5%, Scotland 0.3%, Italy 0.3% and United States of America 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Inverell (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 37.0%, Catholic 23.7%, Presbyterian & Reformed 9.0%, No Religion 7.1% and Uniting Church 6.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1%, French 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,379 people aged 15 years and over in Inverell (A) were in the labour force. Of these 58.1% worked full-time, 29.0% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.8% were unemployed. 4,729 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 8.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Professionals 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Inverell (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 8.4%, Education 3.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Health Services 3.3% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 4,099 families were counted: of these, 40.1% were couple families without children, 42.2% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 5,856 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Inverell (A), 89.9% were separate houses, 2.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 47.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.7% were being purchased and 23.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Inverell (A), 69.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.