Kirrawee

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,620 people were counted in Kirrawee: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee there were 1,829 children aged 0-14 years and 2,311 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 8,786 people were Australian citizens, 1,650 were born overseas and 37 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 53.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 6.4% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 79.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Kirrawee were England 4.1%, New Zealand 2.0%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.0%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 0.8% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Kirrawee on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.4%, Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 12.7%, Uniting Church 5.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.0%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.2%, Greek 1.1%, Mandarin 0.6% and Italian 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,285 people aged 15 years and over in Kirrawee were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.1% were unemployed. 2,322 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.9%, Professionals 12.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.1%, Associate Professionals 8.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 5.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.0% and Labourers and Related Workers 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Kirrawee, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.8%, Education 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.5%, Health Services 4.2% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 2,752 families were counted: of these, 35.2% were couple families without children, 48.0% were couple families with children, 15.3% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 3,567 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Kirrawee, 70.8% were separate houses, 12.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 46.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.2% were being purchased and 20.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Kirrawee, 75.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.6% were group households.