5153

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,823 people were counted in 5153: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153 there were 1,385 children aged 0-14 years and 1,080 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 5,337 people were Australian citizens, 950 were born overseas and 12 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 58.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 3.6% were widowed and 27.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 80.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 5153 were England 8.5%, Germany 1.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in 5153 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 27.5%, Anglican 15.8%, Uniting Church 13.4%, Catholic 11.8% and Lutheran 4.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.8%, Italian 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.3%, French 0.2% and Latvian 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,006 people aged 15 years and over in 5153 were in the labour force. Of these 55.7% worked full-time, 36.6% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 1,301 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Managers and Administrators 8.5%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 5153, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.7%, Health Services 6.1%, Business Services 5.6%, Agriculture 4.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 1,679 families were counted: of these, 36.6% were couple families without children, 51.3% were couple families with children, 11.4% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 2,089 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 5153, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 43.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 41.5% were being purchased and 10.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 76.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 5153, 79.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.2% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.