4116

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,070 people were counted in 4116: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116 there were 3,046 children aged 0-14 years and 1,529 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 10,961 people were Australian citizens, 5,303 were born overseas and 218 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 59.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.2% were separated or divorced, 2.3% were widowed and 31.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 55.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 4116 were Taiwan 5.0%, New Zealand 4.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.8%, England 3.8% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.3%.

Of all people counted in 4116 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.9%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 15.0%, Buddhism 6.7% and Uniting Church 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 7.9%, Mandarin 7.3%, Greek 2.0%, Vietnamese 1.6% and Hindi 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 63.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,856 people aged 15 years and over in 4116 were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 28.1% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.2% were unemployed. 2,948 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 11.1%, Associate Professionals 9.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Managers and Administrators 5.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 4116, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.0%, Food Retailing 4.6%, Education 4.5% and Health Services 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 3,691 families were counted: of these, 28.4% were couple families without children, 57.6% were couple families with children, 12.0% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 4,136 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 4116, 92.4% were separate houses, 5.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 35.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.6% were being purchased and 24.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 4116, 87.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 7.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.