3154

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,150 people were counted in 3154: of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154 there were 996 children aged 0-14 years and 520 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 3,715 people were Australian citizens, 725 were born overseas and 22 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 55.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 2.2% were widowed and 31.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 78.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3154 were England 7.5%, New Zealand 1.5%, Germany 1.3%, Scotland 1.2% and Netherlands 0.9%.

Of all people counted in 3154 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 28.8%, Catholic 21.5%, Anglican 17.6%, Uniting Church 3.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.3%, Italian 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.4%, French 0.4% and Hungarian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,319 people aged 15 years and over in 3154 were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 756 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 13.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 10.1%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3154, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.7%, Business Services 5.5%, Education 4.2%, Health Services 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 1,164 families were counted: of these, 29.2% were couple families without children, 55.8% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 1,427 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3154, 97.6% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 35.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 49.8% were being purchased and 9.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 39.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3154, 80.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.