Burnett (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 23,366 people were counted in Burnett (S): of these 50.1% were male and 49.9% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S) there were 5,091 children aged 0-14 years and 6,620 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 21,660 people were Australian citizens, 3,032 were born overseas and 232 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 62.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 4.6% were widowed and 21.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 82.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burnett (S) were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.9%, Germany 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Burnett (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 25.3%, Catholic 19.7%, No Religion 14.5%, Uniting Church 11.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.7%, German 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Maltese 0.2% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,484 people aged 15 years and over in Burnett (S) were in the labour force. Of these 53.9% worked full-time, 31.6% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.4% were unemployed. 8,274 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 7.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Professionals 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burnett (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 8.2%, Education 3.9%, Health Services 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Food Retailing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 6,671 families were counted: of these, 45.2% were couple families without children, 42.9% were couple families with children, 11.2% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 8,937 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burnett (S), 85.4% were separate houses, 4.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 7.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 47.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.6% were being purchased and 18.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 45.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 50.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burnett (S), 74.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.