Crow's Nest (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,970 people were counted in Crow's Nest (S): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S) there were 2,551 children aged 0-14 years and 2,184 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 9,430 people were Australian citizens, 932 were born overseas and 35 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 65.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.9% were separated or divorced, 4.3% were widowed and 23.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 87.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Crow's Nest (S) were England 3.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Netherlands 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Crow's Nest (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.8%, Catholic 19.7%, Uniting Church 11.8%, No Religion 10.0% and Lutheran 8.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Polish 0.1%, Italian 0.1% and Indonesian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,769 people aged 15 years and over in Crow's Nest (S) were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 31.4% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 2,435 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.6%, Managers and Administrators 9.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.7%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Crow's Nest (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 7.1%, Education 6.6%, Health Services 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4% and Business Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 2,801 families were counted: of these, 39.0% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 8.1% 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 Crow's Nest (S), 3,389 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Crow's Nest (S), 95.9% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 50.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.0% were being purchased and 10.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 62.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Crow's Nest (S), 82.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.