East Killara

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,858 people were counted in East Killara: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara there were 538 children aged 0-14 years and 719 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 2,352 people were Australian citizens, 1,418 were born overseas and 47 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 62.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 4.3% were separated or divorced, 3.2% were widowed and 30.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 46.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within East Killara were Hong Kong (SAR of China) 10.8%, South Africa 5.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.6%, England 4.4% and Korea, Republic of (South) 2.6%.

Of all people counted in East Killara on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 20.6%, Catholic 19.0%, Anglican 17.5%, Judaism 6.7% and Uniting Church 6.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 19.5%, Mandarin 3.8%, Korean 2.8%, Japanese 1.5% and German 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 58.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,366 people aged 15 years and over in East Killara were in the labour force. Of these 57.5% worked full-time, 34.6% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 888 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.6%, Managers and Administrators 9.1%, Associate Professionals 7.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in East Killara, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 12.6%, Health Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.8%, Education 4.0% and Finance 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 823 families were counted: of these, 27.7% were couple families without children, 61.0% were couple families with children, 9.1% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 924 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in East Killara, 98.9% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 68.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 14.8% were being purchased and 10.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in East Killara, 87.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 8.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.