Parramatta

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 17,982 people were counted in Parramatta: of these 51.8% were male and 48.2% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta there were 2,988 children aged 0-14 years and 2,816 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 11,716 people were Australian citizens, 9,157 were born overseas and 310 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 45.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.7% were separated or divorced, 5.1% were widowed and 37.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 33.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Parramatta were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 8.8%, India 5.5%, Korea, Republic of (South) 2.4%, New Zealand 2.3% and Lebanon 2.3%.

Of all people counted in Parramatta on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 21.3%, No Religion 12.9%, Anglican 8.8%, Islam 6.9% and Hinduism 5.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 6.4%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 6.1%, Cantonese 5.7%, Korean 2.7% and Hindi 2.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 36.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,875 people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta were in the labour force. Of these 65.9% worked full-time, 21.9% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.5% were unemployed. 4,487 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Associate Professionals 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.1%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.0%, Health Services 3.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.7% and Food Retailing 2.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 4,145 families were counted: of these, 34.8% were couple families without children, 42.8% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 4.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 7,370 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Parramatta, 19.6% were separate houses, 9.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 69.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 18.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 12.6% were being purchased and 54.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 69.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 18.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta, 55.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.0% were single (or lone) person households and 7.5% were group households.