Lewisham

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,930 people were counted in Lewisham: of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Of the total population 2.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham there were 442 children aged 0-14 years and 579 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 2,455 people were Australian citizens, 946 were born overseas and 19 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 34.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.0% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 47.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 61.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Lewisham were England 3.5%, Portugal 2.9%, New Zealand 2.8%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.1% and Greece 1.9%.

Of all people counted in Lewisham on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 30.2%, No Religion 22.0%, Anglican 12.3%, Orthodox 5.5% and Buddhism 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 3.9%, Portuguese 3.5%, Italian 2.2%, Cantonese 2.0% and Vietnamese 1.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 67.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,654 people aged 15 years and over in Lewisham were in the labour force. Of these 63.5% worked full-time, 27.3% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.0% were unemployed. 730 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 19.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.8%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Managers and Administrators 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Lewisham, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.6%, Education 6.1%, Health Services 5.0%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.3% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 676 families were counted: of these, 39.6% were couple families without children, 38.2% were couple families with children, 19.2% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 1,170 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Lewisham, 40.9% were separate houses, 19.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 37.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 30.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.2% were being purchased and 39.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Lewisham, 56.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.3% were single (or lone) person households and 8.5% were group households.