Warren-Blackwood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 24,110 people were counted in Warren-Blackwood: of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Of the total population 1.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood there were 5,770 children aged 0-14 years and 4,821 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 21,889 people were Australian citizens, 4,077 were born overseas and 337 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.0% were separated or divorced, 5.1% were widowed and 30.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 78.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Warren-Blackwood were England 7.7%, New Zealand 2.2%, Scotland 0.9%, Italy 0.7% and Netherlands 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Warren-Blackwood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 26.7%, Anglican 23.5%, Catholic 19.1%, Uniting Church 5.6% and Christian, nfd 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Macedonian 0.6%, German 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 12,149 people aged 15 years and over in Warren-Blackwood were in the labour force. Of these 56.9% worked full-time, 34.7% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 5,655 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 11.2%, Managers and Administrators 9.4%, Professionals 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Warren-Blackwood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 9.7%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 5.2%, Education 3.9%, Food Retailing 3.6% and Health Services 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 6,364 families were counted: of these, 38.8% were couple families without children, 46.4% were couple families with children, 13.8% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 9,259 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Warren-Blackwood, 89.3% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.5% were flats, units or apartments and 3.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 40.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.2% were being purchased and 26.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 25.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 62.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Warren-Blackwood, 68.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.