Liverpool (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 153,633 people were counted in Liverpool (C): of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C) there were 38,864 children aged 0-14 years and 22,679 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 130,536 people were Australian citizens, 58,463 were born overseas and 654 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 55.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 29.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 55.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Liverpool (C) were Fiji 2.9%, Viet Nam 2.7%, Italy 2.1%, Lebanon 2.0% and England 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Liverpool (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 35.9%, Anglican 15.2%, Islam 7.5%, Orthodox 7.2% and No Religion 6.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 6.4%, Italian 3.8%, Vietnamese 3.6%, Spanish 3.2% and Hindi 3.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 50.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 69,956 people aged 15 years and over in Liverpool (C) were in the labour force. Of these 64.4% worked full-time, 23.5% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 39,656 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.8%, Professionals 6.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Liverpool (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.4%, Construction Trade Services 3.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Health Services 2.9% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 40,177 families were counted: of these, 24.6% were couple families without children, 58.3% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 48,543 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Liverpool (C), 77.0% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 31.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.8% were being purchased and 30.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 29.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Liverpool (C), 80.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.