3860

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,650 people were counted in 3860: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860 there were 1,594 children aged 0-14 years and 1,631 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 6,219 people were Australian citizens, 460 were born overseas and 26 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 55.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 8.2% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 87.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 3860 were England 2.5%, Netherlands 0.8%, New Zealand 0.6%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.4%.

Of all people counted in 3860 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.4%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 11.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.3%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Polish 0.2% and Ukrainian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,813 people aged 15 years and over in 3860 were in the labour force. Of these 55.5% worked full-time, 33.5% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.1% were unemployed. 2,046 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.8%, Managers and Administrators 7.6%, Professionals 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 3860, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 7.1%, Education 5.4%, Health Services 4.1%, Food Retailing 2.5% and Construction Trade Services 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 1,822 families were counted: of these, 38.6% were couple families without children, 46.2% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 2,546 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 3860, 93.2% were separate houses, 1.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 48.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.6% were being purchased and 19.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 3860, 71.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.