Marrickville (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 72,589 people were counted in Marrickville (A): of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A) there were 10,489 children aged 0-14 years and 13,436 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 58,272 people were Australian citizens, 28,296 were born overseas and 842 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 37.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.7% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 46.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 53.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Marrickville (A) were Viet Nam 4.2%, Greece 4.0%, England 3.3%, New Zealand 2.9% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Marrickville (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.1%, No Religion 19.5%, Anglican 10.1%, Orthodox 9.7% and Buddhism 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 7.2%, Vietnamese 5.1%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 3.7%, Portuguese 3.1% and Cantonese 2.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 40,043 people aged 15 years and over in Marrickville (A) were in the labour force. Of these 65.2% worked full-time, 25.2% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.0% were unemployed. 18,040 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Marrickville (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.5%, Education 5.0%, Health Services 4.3%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 17,250 families were counted: of these, 39.3% were couple families without children, 41.0% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 3.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 29,941 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Marrickville (A), 33.6% were separate houses, 27.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 35.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 29.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.5% were being purchased and 40.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Marrickville (A), 56.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.0% were single (or lone) person households and 9.2% were group households.