Asquith

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,070 people were counted in Asquith: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith there were 627 children aged 0-14 years and 700 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 2,757 people were Australian citizens, 708 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 55.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.0% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 30.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 73.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Asquith were England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.1%, Italy 1.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.1% and Korea, Republic of (South) 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Asquith on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.7%, Anglican 24.6%, No Religion 14.7%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.1%, Italian 1.7%, Korean 1.2%, Mandarin 1.0% and German 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,616 people aged 15 years and over in Asquith were in the labour force. Of these 60.8% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.7% were unemployed. 766 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Asquith, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.1%, Health Services 5.4%, Education 5.1%, Food Retailing 3.4% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 843 families were counted: of these, 31.1% were couple families without children, 54.3% were couple families with children, 12.2% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 1,112 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Asquith, 90.7% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 49.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.5% were being purchased and 18.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Asquith, 75.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.