5210

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,290 people were counted in 5210: of these 51.6% were male and 48.4% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210 there were 311 children aged 0-14 years and 207 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 1,208 people were Australian citizens, 213 were born overseas and 5 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 62.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.5% were separated or divorced, 1.2% were widowed and 25.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 80.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 5210 were England 8.8%, Germany 1.2%, New Zealand 1.2%, Scotland 0.6% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in 5210 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 30.5%, Uniting Church 14.7%, Anglican 13.9%, Catholic 11.5% and Lutheran 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.6%, Polish 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Italian 0.3% and Spanish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 692 people aged 15 years and over in 5210 were in the labour force. Of these 57.7% worked full-time, 33.2% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.4% were unemployed. 281 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 12.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 9.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.3%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 5210, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 12.3%, Education 4.6%, Health Services 4.0%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 3.3% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 374 families were counted: of these, 36.6% were couple families without children, 56.1% were couple families with children, 7.2% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 455 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 5210, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 37.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.1% were being purchased and 11.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 17.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 76.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 5210, 82.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.