Wollondilly (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 36,953 people were counted in Wollondilly (A): of these 50.2% were male and 49.8% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A) there were 9,514 children aged 0-14 years and 6,086 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 33,502 people were Australian citizens, 4,989 were born overseas and 170 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 58.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 27.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 81.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wollondilly (A) were England 5.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Italy 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Wollondilly (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 33.4%, Catholic 29.3%, No Religion 11.2%, Uniting Church 5.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.5%, Maltese 0.5%, German 0.4% and Estonian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 17,925 people aged 15 years and over in Wollondilly (A) were in the labour force. Of these 62.0% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.0% were unemployed. 8,544 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.9%, Associate Professionals 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wollondilly (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.5%, Construction Trade Services 4.5%, Business Services 4.0%, Health Services 3.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 10,047 families were counted: of these, 31.1% were couple families without children, 56.4% were couple families with children, 11.8% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 12,179 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wollondilly (A), 94.7% were separate houses, 2.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 39.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.2% were being purchased and 13.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wollondilly (A), 80.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.6% were group households.