4310

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,267 people were counted in 4310: of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310 there were 1,234 children aged 0-14 years and 1,542 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 4,905 people were Australian citizens, 404 were born overseas and 31 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 56.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.5% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 24.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 87.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 4310 were England 3.4%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Germany 0.3%.

Of all people counted in 4310 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 19.5%, Uniting Church 17.1%, Catholic 16.0%, No Religion 11.5% and Lutheran 10.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.2%, German 0.2%, Mandarin 0.1%, Netherlandic 0.1% and Italian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,160 people aged 15 years and over in 4310 were in the labour force. Of these 61.6% worked full-time, 31.3% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 1,709 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 8.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Professionals 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 4310, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.0%, Education 5.0%, Health Services 3.8%, Food Retailing 2.6% and Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 1,391 families were counted: of these, 43.4% were couple families without children, 42.3% were couple families with children, 12.9% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 1,983 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 4310, 93.2% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.9% were flats, units or apartments and 2.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 54.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.6% were being purchased and 15.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 66.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 4310, 69.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.