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Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,783 people were counted in 3461: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461 there were 854 children aged 0-14 years and 890 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 3,434 people were Australian citizens, 488 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 49.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.5% were separated or divorced, 5.3% were widowed and 31.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 80.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3461 were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Germany 1.0%, Scotland 0.7% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.6%.

Of all people counted in 3461 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.3%, Catholic 23.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Croatian 0.6%, Italian 0.5%, Hungarian 0.4% and Spanish 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,661 people aged 15 years and over in 3461 were in the labour force. Of these 52.2% worked full-time, 36.5% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.5% were unemployed. 1,150 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3461, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 6.0%, Education 4.5%, Agriculture 4.4%, Health Services 4.3% and Business Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 1,021 families were counted: of these, 41.0% were couple families without children, 42.0% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 1,504 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3461, 97.7% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 50.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.3% were being purchased and 11.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 31.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 66.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3461, 67.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.