Emerald (S)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,161 people were counted in Emerald (S): of these 52.7% were male and 47.3% were female. Of the total population 2.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S) there were 3,269 children aged 0-14 years and 2,654 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 12,778 people were Australian citizens, 1,532 were born overseas and 88 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 55.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.9% were separated or divorced, 3.4% were widowed and 29.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 83.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Emerald (S) were New Zealand 3.0%, England 2.9%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Philippines 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Emerald (S) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 12.6%, Uniting Church 11.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Greek 0.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2%, Italian 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,172 people aged 15 years and over in Emerald (S) were in the labour force. Of these 67.4% worked full-time, 24.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 3,202 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.5%, Professionals 7.2%, Associate Professionals 7.1%, Managers and Administrators 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Emerald (S), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 7.8%, Coal Mining 5.4%, Education 4.7%, Business Services 3.6% and Food Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 3,188 families were counted: of these, 35.2% were couple families without children, 52.7% were couple families with children, 10.5% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 5,106 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Emerald (S), 70.7% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.3% were flats, units or apartments and 15.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 31.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.4% were being purchased and 34.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 48.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Emerald (S), 61.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.9% were group households.