Cabramatta

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 19,392 people were counted in Cabramatta: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta there were 4,163 children aged 0-14 years and 3,710 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 16,012 people were Australian citizens, 13,104 were born overseas and 95 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 50.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.9% were separated or divorced, 7.0% were widowed and 29.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 25.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cabramatta were Viet Nam 32.1%, Cambodia 9.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 6.5%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 2.5% and Laos 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Cabramatta on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Buddhism 48.5%, Catholic 16.5%, No Religion 8.8%, Orthodox 7.2% and Anglican 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 31.3%, Cantonese 16.3%, Khmer 7.7%, Mandarin 5.4% and Serbian 4.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 11% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,892 people aged 15 years and over in Cabramatta were in the labour force. Of these 55.2% worked full-time, 18.9% worked part-time, 4.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 21.5% were unemployed. 7,531 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.4%, Professionals 3.1%, Associate Professionals 2.4%, Managers and Administrators 1.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cabramatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 2.3%, Food Retailing 2.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.1%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.0% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 1.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 4,919 families were counted: of these, 23.9% were couple families without children, 49.0% were couple families with children, 24.3% were one parent families and 2.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 6,367 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cabramatta, 35.7% were separate houses, 19.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 33.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 13.6% were being purchased and 43.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 25.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cabramatta, 73.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.6% were group households.