6169

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 32,903 people were counted in 6169: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169 there were 8,451 children aged 0-14 years and 6,404 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 27,654 people were Australian citizens, 9,376 were born overseas and 143 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 55.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.3% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 27.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 63.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 6169 were England 15.9%, New Zealand 2.8%, Scotland 2.3%, South Africa 0.6% and Netherlands 0.6%.

Of all people counted in 6169 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.3%, No Religion 21.9%, Catholic 18.5%, Uniting Church 3.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.3%, Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Serbian 0.3% and Spanish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,901 people aged 15 years and over in 6169 were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 31.5% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.4% were unemployed. 9,028 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Associate Professionals 6.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Professionals 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 6169, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Business Services 3.4%, Education 3.2% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 9,135 families were counted: of these, 36.3% were couple families without children, 46.9% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 12,241 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 6169, 89.5% were separate houses, 5.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 31.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.1% were being purchased and 20.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 6169, 73.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.