Mornington Peninsula (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 124,891 people were counted in Mornington Peninsula (S): of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S) there were 25,877 children aged 0-14 years and 35,396 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 110,259 people were Australian citizens, 21,593 were born overseas and 487 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 54.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.8% were separated or divorced, 7.5% were widowed and 26.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 76.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mornington Peninsula (S) were England 7.8%, Scotland 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Mornington Peninsula (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.0%, No Religion 21.7%, Catholic 21.3%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Greek 0.6%, German 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Croatian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 55,669 people aged 15 years and over in Mornington Peninsula (S) were in the labour force. Of these 57.4% worked full-time, 33.6% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.0% were unemployed. 38,073 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Professionals 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.8%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mornington Peninsula (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 3.9%, Education 3.8%, Health Services 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Construction Trade Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 34,624 families were counted: of these, 42.1% were couple families without children, 42.6% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 49,413 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mornington Peninsula (S), 88.1% were separate houses, 5.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.8% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 44.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.5% were being purchased and 16.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mornington Peninsula (S), 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.