3342

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,700 people were counted in 3342: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342 there were 662 children aged 0-14 years and 567 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 2,504 people were Australian citizens, 381 were born overseas and 10 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 54.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 27.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 82.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3342 were England 4.4%, Malta 1.4%, Scotland 1.1%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.9% and New Zealand 0.8%.

Of all people counted in 3342 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.1%, No Religion 21.1%, Anglican 19.4%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 1.0%, Italian 0.7%, Slovak 0.7%, Hungarian 0.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,158 people aged 15 years and over in 3342 were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 27.8% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.2% were unemployed. 843 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.8%, Professionals 7.5%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3342, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 3.5%, Health Services 3.2%, Business Services 3.1%, Food Retailing 2.6% and Other Services 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 733 families were counted: of these, 35.3% were couple families without children, 49.1% were couple families with children, 14.5% 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 3342, 948 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3342, 92.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.1% were flats, units or apartments and 3.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 42.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.3% were being purchased and 13.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 18.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 52.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3342, 76.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.