Greenfield Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,369 people were counted in Greenfield Park: of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park there were 1,226 children aged 0-14 years and 724 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 4,784 people were Australian citizens, 2,947 were born overseas and 17 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 55.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.6% were separated or divorced, 3.6% were widowed and 32.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 40.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greenfield Park were Viet Nam 10.4%, Iraq 9.6%, Croatia 2.7%, Chile 2.3% and Cambodia 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Greenfield Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 40.6%, Buddhism 18.1%, Oriental Christian 9.1%, Orthodox 5.8% and No Religion 5.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Assyrian (incl. Aramaic) 13.0%, Vietnamese 12.6%, Spanish 7.4%, Croatian 4.2% and Cantonese 3.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 26% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,422 people aged 15 years and over in Greenfield Park were in the labour force. Of these 63.0% worked full-time, 21.4% worked part-time, 4.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.7% were unemployed. 1,603 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.9%, Professionals 6.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greenfield Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0%, Health Services 2.7%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.4% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 1,400 families were counted: of these, 17.7% were couple families without children, 66.2% were couple families with children, 14.8% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 1,472 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greenfield Park, 93.0% were separate houses, 6.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 49.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.2% were being purchased and 16.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 52.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfield Park, 89.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 7.3% were single (or lone) person households and 0.9% were group households.