Woollahra (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 49,814 people were counted in Woollahra (A): of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A) there were 7,093 children aged 0-14 years and 12,641 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 38,844 people were Australian citizens, 15,800 were born overseas and 1,083 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 42.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 6.6% were widowed and 40.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 57.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Woollahra (A) were England 6.2%, New Zealand 3.3%, South Africa 3.0%, Hungary 1.3% and United States of America 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Woollahra (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 21.2%, Catholic 19.9%, No Religion 15.1%, Judaism 13.4% and Orthodox 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.4%, Cantonese 1.2%, Italian 1.2%, Hungarian 1.1% and French 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 27,056 people aged 15 years and over in Woollahra (A) were in the labour force. Of these 66.9% worked full-time, 27.0% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.6% were unemployed. 11,592 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.5%, Managers and Administrators 10.6%, Associate Professionals 9.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Woollahra (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 13.6%, Health Services 5.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5% and Education 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 11,629 families were counted: of these, 46.5% were couple families without children, 38.6% were couple families with children, 11.9% were one parent families and 2.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 22,745 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Woollahra (A), 22.2% were separate houses, 22.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 53.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 41.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 11.4% were being purchased and 32.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Woollahra (A), 50.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.4% were single (or lone) person households and 7.4% were group households.