Muswellbrook (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,756 people were counted in Muswellbrook (A): of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Of the total population 3.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A) there were 3,651 children aged 0-14 years and 2,655 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 13,319 people were Australian citizens, 869 were born overseas and 40 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 52.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 88.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Muswellbrook (A) were England 1.6%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 0.3%, Netherlands 0.3% and Ireland 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Muswellbrook (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 40.3%, Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 7.6%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.1%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,760 people aged 15 years and over in Muswellbrook (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.8% worked full-time, 26.3% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.9% were unemployed. 3,825 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Professionals 5.8%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Muswellbrook (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Coal Mining 6.5%, Agriculture 5.6%, Food Retailing 3.4%, Business Services 2.9% and Electricity and Gas Supply 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 3,813 families were counted: of these, 34.5% were couple families without children, 48.2% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 5,397 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Muswellbrook (A), 86.1% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.4% were flats, units or apartments and 2.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 34.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.0% were being purchased and 30.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 24.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Muswellbrook (A), 70.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.