6237

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,982 people were counted in 6237: of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237 there were 474 children aged 0-14 years and 375 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 1,822 people were Australian citizens, 303 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 64.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.8% were separated or divorced, 2.8% were widowed and 25.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 81.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 6237 were England 8.4%, New Zealand 1.3%, Scotland 0.7%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in 6237 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.2%, Catholic 19.6%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 7.4% and Christian, nfd 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Greek 0.4%, German 0.3% and Polish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,048 people aged 15 years and over in 6237 were in the labour force. Of these 57.2% worked full-time, 32.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.5% were unemployed. 421 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 10.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Professionals 8.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 6237, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.8%, Health Services 4.3%, Construction Trade Services 4.1%, Education 4.0% and Food Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 586 families were counted: of these, 39.9% were couple families without children, 53.1% were couple families with children, 6.3% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 708 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 6237, 96.9% were separate houses, 0.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 48.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.8% were being purchased and 10.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 22.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 63.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 6237, 82.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.0% were group households.