5609

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 754 people were counted in 5609: of these 51.3% were male and 48.7% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609 there were 145 children aged 0-14 years and 183 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 635 people were Australian citizens, 289 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 66.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.7% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 22.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 58.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 5609 were England 18.3%, Scotland 10.3%, Wales 2.3%, Northern Ireland 1.1% and Philippines 0.9%.

Of all people counted in 5609 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.4%, Anglican 20.3%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Ilokano 0.7%, Greek 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Spanish 0.4% and Indo-Aryan, nec (incl. Assamese, Kashmiri, Rajasthani) 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 374 people aged 15 years and over in 5609 were in the labour force. Of these 60.2% worked full-time, 29.9% worked part-time, 0.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.9% were unemployed. 209 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.9%, Associate Professionals 8.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 5609, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Product Manufacturing 14.4%, Education 5.5%, Health Services 4.2%, Food Retailing 3.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 237 families were counted: of these, 47.3% were couple families without children, 43.0% were couple families with children, 9.7% 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 5609, 300 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 5609, 73.0% were separate houses, 21.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 28.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.7% were being purchased and 29.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 10.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 67.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 24.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 5609, 80.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.