Peakhurst

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,039 people were counted in Peakhurst: of these 47.2% were male and 52.8% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst there were 1,492 children aged 0-14 years and 2,461 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 7,404 people were Australian citizens, 1,773 were born overseas and 24 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 53.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 11.1% were widowed and 26.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 73.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Peakhurst were England 3.1%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Egypt 1.4% and Lebanon 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Peakhurst on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.7%, Anglican 25.2%, No Religion 8.3%, Orthodox 8.2% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.3%, Greek 3.9%, Cantonese 2.5%, Macedonian 2.4% and Italian 1.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 74.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,654 people aged 15 years and over in Peakhurst were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 29.1% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.7% were unemployed. 2,679 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.7%, Professionals 8.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Peakhurst, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.0%, Education 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%, Health Services 3.1% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 2,173 families were counted: of these, 33.6% were couple families without children, 49.7% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 3,017 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Peakhurst, 78.6% were separate houses, 13.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 51.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.0% were being purchased and 21.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 49.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 22.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Peakhurst, 70.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.