Wanneroo (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 80,008 people were counted in Wanneroo (C): of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 2.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C) there were 21,302 children aged 0-14 years and 12,330 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 68,334 people were Australian citizens, 27,063 were born overseas and 349 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 55.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.2% were separated or divorced, 3.8% were widowed and 29.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 61.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wanneroo (C) were England 12.3%, New Zealand 3.0%, Viet Nam 2.7%, Scotland 1.6% and Italy 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Wanneroo (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.3%, Anglican 21.3%, No Religion 19.3%, Buddhism 3.5% and Uniting Church 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 3.8%, Italian 1.8%, Macedonian 1.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6% and Polish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 80.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 37,336 people aged 15 years and over in Wanneroo (C) were in the labour force. Of these 56.7% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.2% were unemployed. 19,746 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Professionals 5.8%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wanneroo (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.7%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Construction Trade Services 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9% and Health Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 22,276 families were counted: of these, 30.9% were couple families without children, 51.7% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 27,366 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wanneroo (C), 90.0% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 27.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 48.7% were being purchased and 17.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wanneroo (C), 80.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.