Wyong (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 130,536 people were counted in Wyong (A): of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A) there were 29,599 children aged 0-14 years and 35,525 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 118,808 people were Australian citizens, 15,677 were born overseas and 318 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 51.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.6% were separated or divorced, 8.4% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 82.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wyong (A) were England 4.5%, New Zealand 1.6%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Wyong (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 34.7%, Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 11.6%, Uniting Church 5.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Spanish 0.2%, German 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Maltese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 52,488 people aged 15 years and over in Wyong (A) were in the labour force. Of these 55.0% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.0% were unemployed. 44,083 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Professionals 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Associate Professionals 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wyong (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Business Services 3.4%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Construction Trade Services 3.3% and Health Services 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 35,919 families were counted: of these, 38.2% were couple families without children, 42.1% were couple families with children, 18.5% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 50,824 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wyong (A), 83.5% were separate houses, 8.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.5% were flats, units or apartments and 2.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 43.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.2% were being purchased and 23.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wyong (A), 69.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.