6081

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,856 people were counted in 6081: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081 there were 993 children aged 0-14 years and 641 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 3,457 people were Australian citizens, 937 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 61.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 2.8% were widowed and 24.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 71.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 6081 were England 14.4%, New Zealand 1.7%, Scotland 0.9%, Netherlands 0.8% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in 6081 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 28.0%, Anglican 24.3%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 4.3% and Christian, nfd 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.5%, German 0.4%, French 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3% and Greek 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,910 people aged 15 years and over in 6081 were in the labour force. Of these 56.9% worked full-time, 35.4% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 866 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Associate Professionals 8.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 6081, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 6.0%, Business Services 5.5%, Health Services 3.9%, Food Retailing 3.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 1,139 families were counted: of these, 37.0% were couple families without children, 51.9% were couple families with children, 11.2% 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 6081, 1,352 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 6081, 98.6% were separate houses, 0.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 38.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 47.7% were being purchased and 8.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 56.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 6081, 83.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.0% were group households.