5051

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,276 people were counted in 5051: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051 there were 2,180 children aged 0-14 years and 2,450 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 10,456 people were Australian citizens, 2,095 were born overseas and 51 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 57.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 28.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 78.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 5051 were England 9.9%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.9% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in 5051 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.2%, Anglican 17.8%, Uniting Church 14.7%, Catholic 12.7% and Lutheran 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, Greek 0.3% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,280 people aged 15 years and over in 5051 were in the labour force. Of these 56.7% worked full-time, 36.2% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 2,694 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.8%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Managers and Administrators 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 5051, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 9.4%, Health Services 7.6%, Business Services 7.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 3,381 families were counted: of these, 37.7% were couple families without children, 48.5% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 4,286 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 5051, 91.4% were separate houses, 7.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 47.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.1% were being purchased and 9.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 38.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 5051, 78.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.