Brisbane (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 873,780 people were counted in Brisbane (C): of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C) there were 159,323 children aged 0-14 years and 183,733 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 766,235 people were Australian citizens, 198,630 were born overseas and 14,669 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 46.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.0% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 36.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 72.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brisbane (C) were England 4.1%, New Zealand 3.6%, Viet Nam 1.1%, Taiwan 0.8% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Brisbane (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.0%, Anglican 19.5%, No Religion 15.0%, Uniting Church 7.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 1.4%, Cantonese 1.4%, Vietnamese 1.3%, Italian 1.1% and Greek 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 454,949 people aged 15 years and over in Brisbane (C) were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.0% were unemployed. 234,821 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.8%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brisbane (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.2%, Education 5.3%, Health Services 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Food Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 225,185 families were counted: of these, 37.1% were couple families without children, 44.3% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 2.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 340,667 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brisbane (C), 74.7% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 17.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 36.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.5% were being purchased and 32.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brisbane (C), 65.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.2% were single (or lone) person households and 6.4% were group households.