6147

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 14,276 people were counted in 6147: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147 there were 3,103 children aged 0-14 years and 2,629 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 12,179 people were Australian citizens, 5,636 were born overseas and 86 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 50.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.1% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 33.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 56.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 6147 were England 10.8%, Malaysia 5.4%, New Zealand 2.8%, Singapore 1.7% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.6%.

Of all people counted in 6147 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.1%, Anglican 19.6%, No Religion 19.2%, Buddhism 6.5% and Uniting Church 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 5.5%, Mandarin 2.8%, Hokkien 1.2%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.1% and Persian 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 75.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 7,083 people aged 15 years and over in 6147 were in the labour force. Of these 58.4% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.7% were unemployed. 3,869 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Professionals 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.6%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 6147, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.6%, Food Retailing 4.1%, Health Services 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Education 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 3,940 families were counted: of these, 30.2% were couple families without children, 49.3% were couple families with children, 18.8% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 5,269 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 6147, 89.8% were separate houses, 8.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 37.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.7% were being purchased and 19.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 24.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 6147, 73.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.4% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.