3178

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 28,653 people were counted in 3178: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178 there were 8,221 children aged 0-14 years and 2,983 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 25,553 people were Australian citizens, 8,110 were born overseas and 124 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 64.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.1% were separated or divorced, 2.6% were widowed and 25.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 67.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3178 were England 3.9%, Sri Lanka 2.0%, Malaysia 2.0%, Italy 1.4% and India 1.3%.

Of all people counted in 3178 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.0%, No Religion 16.7%, Anglican 13.8%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Orthodox 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.0%, Cantonese 2.8%, Greek 2.1%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.7% and Mandarin 1.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 72.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 14,935 people aged 15 years and over in 3178 were in the labour force. Of these 65.0% worked full-time, 27.9% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.5% were unemployed. 5,099 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 11.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.8%, Associate Professionals 8.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Managers and Administrators 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3178, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2%, Food Retailing 4.4%, Construction Trade Services 3.8% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 7,922 families were counted: of these, 24.4% were couple families without children, 64.4% were couple families with children, 10.5% 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 3178, 8,893 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3178, 95.8% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 34.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 51.9% were being purchased and 9.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3178, 87.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.