3763

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,439 people were counted in 3763: of these 51.1% were male and 48.9% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763 there were 417 children aged 0-14 years and 135 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 1,299 people were Australian citizens, 140 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 50.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.6% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 34.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 82.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3763 were England 4.0%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.6%, India 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in 3763 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 33.3%, Anglican 18.1%, Catholic 13.9%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Punjabi 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Hindi 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and Romanian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 655 people aged 15 years and over in 3763 were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 33.4% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.2% were unemployed. 323 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.5%, Professionals 11.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.8%, Associate Professionals 4.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3763, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 4.7%, Education 4.7%, Health Services 3.8%, Community Services 3.3% and Road Transport 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 380 families were counted: of these, 27.1% were couple families without children, 55.8% were couple families with children, 16.3% 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 3763, 512 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3763, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 52.1% were being purchased and 11.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 22.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 64.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3763, 73.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.4% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.