Belfield

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,679 people were counted in Belfield: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield there were 1,229 children aged 0-14 years and 1,363 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 4,922 people were Australian citizens, 2,349 were born overseas and 33 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 53.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.1% were separated or divorced, 8.0% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 53.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Belfield were Lebanon 5.3%, Italy 5.1%, Korea, Republic of (South) 3.9%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.5% and Greece 3.1%.

Of all people counted in Belfield on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 43.6%, Orthodox 11.9%, Anglican 9.9%, No Religion 7.2% and Islam 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 13.0%, Italian 8.8%, Greek 7.8%, Korean 4.9% and Cantonese 4.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 41.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,448 people aged 15 years and over in Belfield were in the labour force. Of these 64.3% worked full-time, 25.1% worked part-time, 4.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.6% were unemployed. 1,852 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.8%, Professionals 8.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Belfield, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Construction Trade Services 3.4%, Health Services 2.9% and Education 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 1,514 families were counted: of these, 25.4% were couple families without children, 55.5% were couple families with children, 17.4% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 2,012 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Belfield, 74.5% were separate houses, 18.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 48.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.8% were being purchased and 23.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 36.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 41.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Belfield, 72.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.