Burdekin (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,234 people were counted in Burdekin (S): of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Of the total population 4.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S) there were 3,976 children aged 0-14 years and 4,506 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 17,428 people were Australian citizens, 1,479 were born overseas and 252 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 57.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 7.2% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 87.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burdekin (S) were Italy 3.4%, England 1.1%, New Zealand 0.8%, Spain 0.4% and Scotland 0.2%.

Of all people counted in Burdekin (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 39.2%, Anglican 19.7%, Uniting Church 10.5%, Presbyterian & Reformed 7.1% and No Religion 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 5.2%, Greek 0.8%, Spanish 0.2%, Basque 0.2% and German 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,829 people aged 15 years and over in Burdekin (S) were in the labour force. Of these 65.4% worked full-time, 25.3% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 4,932 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 9.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Professionals 5.2%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burdekin (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 14.4%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 6.5%, Education 3.8%, Food Retailing 2.9% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 4,881 families were counted: of these, 38.3% were couple families without children, 48.8% were couple families with children, 11.6% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 6,911 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burdekin (S), 85.4% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 49.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.3% were being purchased and 24.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 51.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burdekin (S), 70.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.