3260

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,860 people were counted in 3260: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260 there were 1,084 children aged 0-14 years and 1,364 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 4,594 people were Australian citizens, 261 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 56.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.3% were separated or divorced, 9.0% were widowed and 25.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 89.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3260 were England 2.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in 3260 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.7%, Uniting Church 17.7%, Anglican 17.3%, No Religion 12.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Indonesian 0.1%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,171 people aged 15 years and over in 3260 were in the labour force. Of these 60.5% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 3.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.7% were unemployed. 1,419 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 13.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Professionals 5.7%, Associate Professionals 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3260, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 13.6%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 4.6%, Health Services 3.6%, Food Retailing 3.5% and Education 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 1,328 families were counted: of these, 42.2% were couple families without children, 43.1% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 1,915 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3260, 94.7% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 53.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.9% were being purchased and 16.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 23.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 54.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3260, 69.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.