Adelaide Hills (DC)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 36,629 people were counted in Adelaide Hills (DC): of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC) there were 8,054 children aged 0-14 years and 7,260 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 33,820 people were Australian citizens, 6,312 were born overseas and 137 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 58.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.5% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 27.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 79.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Adelaide Hills (DC) were England 8.4%, Germany 1.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and Italy 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Adelaide Hills (DC) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Catholic 13.3%, Uniting Church 12.8% and Lutheran 6.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.2%, German 1.0%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Polish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 19,517 people aged 15 years and over in Adelaide Hills (DC) were in the labour force. Of these 58.3% worked full-time, 35.0% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 8,425 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 8.3%, Managers and Administrators 7.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Adelaide Hills (DC), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.7%, Health Services 6.6%, Business Services 6.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5% and Agriculture 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 10,599 families were counted: of these, 38.0% were couple families without children, 50.8% were couple families with children, 10.4% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 13,387 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Adelaide Hills (DC), 95.2% were separate houses, 2.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 43.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.2% were being purchased and 11.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 30.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 65.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Adelaide Hills (DC), 78.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.