5163

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,526 people were counted in 5163: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163 there were 3,308 children aged 0-14 years and 2,164 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 12,035 people were Australian citizens, 2,966 were born overseas and 17 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 49.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.3% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 73.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 5163 were England 11.6%, Scotland 1.4%, Germany 1.2%, Netherlands 1.1% and New Zealand 0.9%.

Of all people counted in 5163 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 27.6%, Anglican 17.3%, Catholic 15.4%, Uniting Church 7.3% and Lutheran 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Polish 0.6%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6%, Greek 0.5% and Netherlandic 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,003 people aged 15 years and over in 5163 were in the labour force. Of these 53.3% worked full-time, 32.7% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.6% were unemployed. 3,981 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Associate Professionals 5.2%, Professionals 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 5163, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 5.6%, Health Services 3.8%, Business Services 3.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5% and Food Retailing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 3,802 families were counted: of these, 29.0% were couple families without children, 47.3% were couple families with children, 22.7% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 5,015 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 5163, 90.4% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 26.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.7% were being purchased and 28.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 15.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 54.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 29.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 5163, 75.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.