Riverstone

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,325 people were counted in Riverstone: of these 50.0% were male and 50.0% were female. Of the total population 2.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone there were 1,561 children aged 0-14 years and 1,124 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 5,562 people were Australian citizens, 1,005 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 49.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.1% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 32.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 77.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Riverstone were England 2.6%, New Zealand 1.8%, Italy 1.6%, Malta 1.4% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Riverstone on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 35.9%, Anglican 28.2%, No Religion 9.0%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.4%, Maltese 2.0%, Greek 0.7%, Croatian 0.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,829 people aged 15 years and over in Riverstone were in the labour force. Of these 61.0% worked full-time, 27.7% worked part-time, 4.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.9% were unemployed. 1,705 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.1%, Professionals 5.4%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Riverstone, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 4.8%, Business Services 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Education 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 1,683 families were counted: of these, 27.0% were couple families without children, 49.4% were couple families with children, 21.6% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 2,153 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Riverstone, 94.8% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 40.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.5% were being purchased and 26.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Riverstone, 75.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.