6501

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 586 people were counted in 6501: of these 52.6% were male and 47.4% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501 there were 158 children aged 0-14 years and 104 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 485 people were Australian citizens, 106 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 58.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.1% were separated or divorced, 6.9% were widowed and 25.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 72.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within 6501 were England 9.0%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 1.2%, Netherlands 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.5%.

Of all people counted in 6501 on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 24.9%, No Religion 21.2%, Catholic 17.7%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Netherlandic 0.7%, Hungarian 0.5%, Thai 0.5% and Ukrainian 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 266 people aged 15 years and over in 6501 were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 29.7% worked part-time, 3.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.6% were unemployed. 139 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.5%, Professionals 4.6%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.9% and Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in 6501, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 6.2%, Business Services 5.3%, Construction Trade Services 4.1%, Road Transport 3.7% and Metal Ore Mining 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 168 families were counted: of these, 36.3% were couple families without children, 51.8% were couple families with children, 10.1% 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 6501, 210 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in 6501, 97.1% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 44.3% were being purchased and 8.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 83.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in 6501, 75.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.3% were single (or lone) person households and 0.0% were group households.