Epping

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 18,065 people were counted in Epping: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping there were 3,269 children aged 0-14 years and 3,972 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 15,140 people were Australian citizens, 6,567 were born overseas and 282 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 54.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.6% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 33.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 60.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Epping were Hong Kong (SAR of China) 5.4%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 3.9%, England 3.1% and India 2.3%.

Of all people counted in Epping on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 18.2%, No Religion 16.6%, Uniting Church 6.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 10.2%, Mandarin 4.3%, Korean 4.3%, Hindi 1.3% and Italian 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 66.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 9,323 people aged 15 years and over in Epping were in the labour force. Of these 62.9% worked full-time, 30.2% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 5,119 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Managers and Administrators 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.9% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Epping, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.0%, Education 6.0%, Health Services 4.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 4,979 families were counted: of these, 32.7% were couple families without children, 52.8% were couple families with children, 11.3% were one parent families and 3.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 6,696 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Epping, 64.2% were separate houses, 7.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 27.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.0% were being purchased and 25.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 70.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Epping, 72.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.8% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.