Onkaparinga (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 144,407 people were counted in Onkaparinga (C): of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C) there were 32,100 children aged 0-14 years and 27,470 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 130,031 people were Australian citizens, 31,019 were born overseas and 471 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 53.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.3% were separated or divorced, 4.8% were widowed and 29.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 74.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Onkaparinga (C) were England 11.2%, Scotland 1.5%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 1.0% and Netherlands 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Onkaparinga (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.5%, Anglican 17.6%, Catholic 16.2%, Uniting Church 10.3% and Lutheran 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Polish 0.7%, German 0.7%, Italian 0.6%, Greek 0.5% and Netherlandic 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 70,069 people aged 15 years and over in Onkaparinga (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.7% worked full-time, 33.0% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.0% were unemployed. 39,510 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Professionals 7.4%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Onkaparinga (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.8%, Health Services 4.6%, Business Services 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 41,465 families were counted: of these, 34.2% were couple families without children, 47.7% were couple families with children, 17.0% 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 Onkaparinga (C), 54,633 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Onkaparinga (C), 89.6% were separate houses, 6.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 34.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 41.5% were being purchased and 19.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 32.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Onkaparinga (C), 75.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.