Strathfield (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 27,777 people were counted in Strathfield (A): of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A) there were 5,332 children aged 0-14 years and 6,294 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 21,931 people were Australian citizens, 13,454 were born overseas and 429 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 52.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.0% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 33.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 46.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Strathfield (A) were Korea, Republic of (South) 6.3%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 5.9%, Sri Lanka 5.5%, India 3.2% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.4%.

Of all people counted in Strathfield (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.0%, No Religion 10.2%, Anglican 9.4%, Hinduism 9.0% and Orthodox 6.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 8.7%, Korean 7.0%, Tamil 6.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 5.8% and Mandarin 4.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 41.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 12,752 people aged 15 years and over in Strathfield (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 28.0% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.6% were unemployed. 8,662 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Strathfield (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.8%, Health Services 6.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%, Education 3.5% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 7,030 families were counted: of these, 25.7% were couple families without children, 56.9% were couple families with children, 14.4% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 9,439 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Strathfield (A), 62.2% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 45.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.3% were being purchased and 31.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Strathfield (A), 72.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.