Curl Curl

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,845 people were counted in Curl Curl: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl there were 438 children aged 0-14 years and 389 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 1,598 people were Australian citizens, 348 were born overseas and 18 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 51.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 5.9% were widowed and 32.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 76.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Curl Curl were England 6.0%, New Zealand 3.0%, Scotland 1.2%, United States of America 0.8% and Italy 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Curl Curl on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.8%, Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 15.1%, Uniting Church 5.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.8%, Portuguese 0.4%, Cantonese 0.4%, French 0.4% and Croatian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 945 people aged 15 years and over in Curl Curl were in the labour force. Of these 62.6% worked full-time, 30.9% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 409 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.1%, Associate Professionals 9.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.3%, Managers and Administrators 7.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.1% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Curl Curl, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.8%, Education 4.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Construction Trade Services 3.4% and Health Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 470 families were counted: of these, 36.2% were couple families without children, 51.1% were couple families with children, 10.2% were one parent families and 2.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 668 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Curl Curl, 74.9% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 19.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.4% were being purchased and 24.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Curl Curl, 69.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.5% were single (or lone) person households and 5.4% were group households.