Yarrowlumla (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,556 people were counted in Yarrowlumla (A): of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A) there were 2,781 children aged 0-14 years and 1,698 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 9,764 people were Australian citizens, 1,694 were born overseas and 75 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 60.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 2.7% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 79.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Yarrowlumla (A) were England 5.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, United States of America 0.9%, Germany 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Yarrowlumla (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.8%, Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, German 0.6%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3%, French 0.3% and Croatian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,543 people aged 15 years and over in Yarrowlumla (A) were in the labour force. Of these 64.3% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 1,976 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.8%, Managers and Administrators 10.0%, Associate Professionals 9.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Yarrowlumla (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 8.8%, Business Services 8.4%, Education 5.6%, Construction Trade Services 3.9% and Health Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 2,848 families were counted: of these, 37.1% were couple families without children, 53.7% were couple families with children, 8.6% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 3,519 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Yarrowlumla (A), 95.7% were separate houses, 0.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 43.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.0% were being purchased and 11.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 29.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 67.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Yarrowlumla (A), 79.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.