4421

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,795 people were counted in 4421: of these 51.9% were male and 48.1% were female. Of the total population 3.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421 there were 689 children aged 0-14 years and 641 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 2,495 people were Australian citizens, 245 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 51.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.1% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 83.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 4421 were England 2.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, Romania 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in 4421 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.1%, Catholic 19.2%, No Religion 13.1%, Uniting Church 10.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Romanian 1.0%, Croatian 0.3%, German 0.2%, Maltese 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,003 people aged 15 years and over in 4421 were in the labour force. Of these 57.8% worked full-time, 22.7% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 16.7% were unemployed. 962 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 11.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Professionals 4.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.3%, Associate Professionals 2.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 4421, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 13.5%, Education 4.2%, Government Administration 2.2%, Health Services 1.9% and Food Retailing 1.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 746 families were counted: of these, 37.9% were couple families without children, 44.0% were couple families with children, 16.4% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 1,071 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 4421, 81.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.2% were flats, units or apartments and 15.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 50.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.6% were being purchased and 16.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 10.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 77.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 4421, 69.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.