Booringa (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,993 people were counted in Booringa (S): of these 54.2% were male and 45.8% were female. Of the total population 5.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S) there were 427 children aged 0-14 years and 516 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 1,858 people were Australian citizens, 74 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 58.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.3% were separated or divorced, 7.4% were widowed and 25.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 90.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Booringa (S) were New Zealand 1.3%, England 1.2%, Papua New Guinea 0.2%, Tonga 0.2% and Ukraine 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Booringa (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 37.0%, Catholic 27.5%, Uniting Church 11.0%, No Religion 7.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Hungarian 0.2%, Croatian 0.2% and Tongan 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 967 people aged 15 years and over in Booringa (S) were in the labour force. Of these 72.1% worked full-time, 20.7% worked part-time, 3.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 522 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 17.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 10.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Professionals 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Booringa (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 24.3%, Government Administration 3.8%, Education 3.3%, General Construction 3.1% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 473 families were counted: of these, 37.8% were couple families without children, 52.0% were couple families with children, 10.1% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 779 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Booringa (S), 84.2% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.4% were flats, units or apartments and 12.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 54.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 9.8% were being purchased and 17.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 8.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 14.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 78.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Booringa (S), 60.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.