3104

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 19,140 people were counted in 3104: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104 there were 3,761 children aged 0-14 years and 5,292 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 16,881 people were Australian citizens, 5,852 were born overseas and 205 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 58.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.2% were separated or divorced, 7.1% were widowed and 28.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 65.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3104 were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.0%, Malaysia 2.7%, Greece 2.6%, England 2.6% and Italy 2.3%.

Of all people counted in 3104 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.4%, No Religion 16.7%, Anglican 14.5%, Orthodox 9.0% and Uniting Church 7.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 6.1%, Greek 6.1%, Italian 4.1%, Mandarin 3.8% and Vietnamese 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 66.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,976 people aged 15 years and over in 3104 were in the labour force. Of these 59.5% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.5% were unemployed. 5,929 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.4%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.7% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3104, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.8%, Health Services 6.2%, Education 6.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 5,309 families were counted: of these, 32.5% were couple families without children, 54.8% were couple families with children, 10.9% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 6,917 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3104, 88.1% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 61.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.1% were being purchased and 13.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 65.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3104, 75.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.