4340

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,899 people were counted in 4340: of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Of the total population 2.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340 there were 1,193 children aged 0-14 years and 1,093 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 4,537 people were Australian citizens, 373 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 55.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 87.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 4340 were England 3.3%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.3% and United States of America 0.2%.

Of all people counted in 4340 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 20.9%, Catholic 20.7%, No Religion 12.5%, Uniting Church 12.2% and Lutheran 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.1%, Spanish 0.1%, Italian 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,182 people aged 15 years and over in 4340 were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 28.4% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.5% were unemployed. 1,371 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.5%, Managers and Administrators 6.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.7%, Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Associate Professionals 4.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 4340, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 6.5%, Education 3.8%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 2.9%, Business Services 2.7% and Health Services 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 1,356 families were counted: of these, 35.5% were couple families without children, 47.6% were couple families with children, 15.3% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 1,724 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 4340, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 43.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.0% were being purchased and 19.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 58.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 4340, 77.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.