Lake Macquarie (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 177,185 people were counted in Lake Macquarie (C): of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 1.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C) there were 37,768 children aged 0-14 years and 45,193 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 165,873 people were Australian citizens, 16,829 were born overseas and 434 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 54.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 26.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 86.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Lake Macquarie (C) were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.6% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Lake Macquarie (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.1%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 10.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Macedonian 0.3%, Polish 0.2% and Greek 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 77,504 people aged 15 years and over in Lake Macquarie (C) were in the labour force. Of these 54.5% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.5% were unemployed. 57,595 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Associate Professionals 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Lake Macquarie (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.3%, Education 4.1%, Business Services 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 50,409 families were counted: of these, 37.2% were couple families without children, 45.5% were couple families with children, 16.1% 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 Lake Macquarie (C), 67,010 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Lake Macquarie (C), 86.0% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 45.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.8% were being purchased and 21.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 25.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Lake Macquarie (C), 74.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.