Greater Bendigo (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 85,781 people were counted in Greater Bendigo (C): of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C) there were 18,594 children aged 0-14 years and 19,489 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 80,674 people were Australian citizens, 5,151 were born overseas and 287 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 49.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 89.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greater Bendigo (C) were England 1.9%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.4%, Netherlands 0.3% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Greater Bendigo (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.1%, Anglican 20.9%, No Religion 18.9%, Uniting Church 12.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, German 0.1%, Cantonese 0.1% and Mandarin 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 39,015 people aged 15 years and over in Greater Bendigo (C) were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.8% were unemployed. 25,935 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.9%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greater Bendigo (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.1%, Education 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Business Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 22,868 families were counted: of these, 35.9% were couple families without children, 44.5% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 33,027 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greater Bendigo (C), 87.4% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.5% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 42.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 29.5% were being purchased and 23.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Bendigo (C), 68.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.9% were single (or lone) person households and 4.1% were group households.