Greater Geelong (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 183,530 people were counted in Greater Geelong (C): of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C) there were 37,751 children aged 0-14 years and 44,332 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 167,778 people were Australian citizens, 29,944 were born overseas and 801 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 52.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 29.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 79.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greater Geelong (C) were England 4.1%, Italy 1.2%, Netherlands 0.9%, Croatia 0.9% and Scotland 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Greater Geelong (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 17.4%, Anglican 16.7%, Uniting Church 9.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, Croatian 1.4%, Macedonian 0.7%, German 0.5% and Greek 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 83,917 people aged 15 years and over in Greater Geelong (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.8% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.6% were unemployed. 56,903 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.8%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greater Geelong (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.2%, Business Services 4.1%, Health Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 50,223 families were counted: of these, 37.4% were couple families without children, 45.2% were couple families with children, 16.0% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 71,704 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greater Geelong (C), 85.8% were separate houses, 4.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 44.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.3% were being purchased and 21.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Geelong (C), 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.