Minchinbury

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,245 people were counted in Minchinbury: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury there were 1,613 children aged 0-14 years and 443 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 4,605 people were Australian citizens, 1,710 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 63.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.8% were separated or divorced, 2.5% were widowed and 26.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 61.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Minchinbury were Philippines 7.7%, England 2.1%, New Zealand 1.9%, Fiji 1.9% and India 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Minchinbury on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 41.3%, Anglican 17.6%, No Religion 5.9%, Islam 4.4% and Orthodox 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Tagalog (Filipino) 7.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.5%, Hindi 2.1%, Spanish 1.9% and Croatian 1.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 63.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,552 people aged 15 years and over in Minchinbury were in the labour force. Of these 66.7% worked full-time, 25.4% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 899 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 9.0%, Professionals 7.8%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.9%, Managers and Administrators 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Minchinbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Health Services 3.7%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.4% and Food Retailing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 1,369 families were counted: of these, 19.4% were couple families without children, 68.2% were couple families with children, 11.7% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 1,489 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Minchinbury, 85.2% were separate houses, 13.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 31.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 49.5% were being purchased and 12.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 19.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Minchinbury, 88.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 6.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.3% were group households.