Alfred Cove

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 33,846 people were counted in Alfred Cove: of these 46.6% were male and 53.4% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove there were 5,896 children aged 0-14 years and 9,703 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 29,510 people were Australian citizens, 9,843 were born overseas and 319 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 53.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 7.8% were widowed and 28.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 67.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Alfred Cove were England 8.8%, Indonesia 2.0%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 1.6% and South Africa 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Alfred Cove on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.0%, Anglican 24.3%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 6.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Indonesian 1.8%, Italian 1.6%, Cantonese 1.1%, Mandarin 0.8% and German 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,615 people aged 15 years and over in Alfred Cove were in the labour force. Of these 58.0% worked full-time, 34.2% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.3% were unemployed. 10,581 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Managers and Administrators 6.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Alfred Cove, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.4%, Education 5.6%, Health Services 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 9,560 families were counted: of these, 42.7% were couple families without children, 41.9% were couple families with children, 13.1% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 14,440 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Alfred Cove, 73.5% were separate houses, 20.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.6% were being purchased and 20.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Alfred Cove, 65.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.