Harris Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,911 people were counted in Harris Park: of these 52.4% were male and 47.6% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park there were 1,293 children aged 0-14 years and 1,106 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 4,552 people were Australian citizens, 3,682 were born overseas and 118 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 48.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 5.7% were widowed and 32.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 35.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Harris Park were India 9.2%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 6.7%, Lebanon 5.5%, Philippines 3.4% and Afghanistan 3.0%.

Of all people counted in Harris Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.2%, Islam 11.7%, No Religion 11.2%, Hinduism 8.6% and Anglican 8.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 11.2%, Mandarin 5.2%, Cantonese 4.2%, Hindi 4.1% and Persian 3.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 32.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,240 people aged 15 years and over in Harris Park were in the labour force. Of these 63.6% worked full-time, 22.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.0% were unemployed. 1,834 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Harris Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.5%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.4%, Health Services 3.1%, Education 2.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 1,550 families were counted: of these, 29.8% were couple families without children, 48.1% were couple families with children, 19.6% were one parent families and 2.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 2,531 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Harris Park, 21.7% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 71.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 17.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 12.6% were being purchased and 57.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 23.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Harris Park, 59.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.5% were single (or lone) person households and 6.4% were group households.