Scotland Island

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 734 people were counted in Scotland Island: of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island there were 185 children aged 0-14 years and 85 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 563 people were Australian citizens, 219 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 59.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.0% were separated or divorced, 2.8% were widowed and 27.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 57.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Scotland Island were England 9.1%, New Zealand 5.2%, United States of America 2.5%, South Africa 1.8% and Germany 1.6%.

Of all people counted in Scotland Island on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 30.9%, Anglican 15.4%, Catholic 11.7%, Uniting Church 4.5% and Christian, nfd 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.5%, French 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.7%, Maori (New Zealand) 0.7% and Japanese 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 81.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 381 people aged 15 years and over in Scotland Island were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 32.8% worked part-time, 1.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.9% were unemployed. 109 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 26.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Managers and Administrators 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Scotland Island, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 15.4%, Education 6.3%, Health Services 4.2%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 203 families were counted: of these, 36.5% were couple families without children, 56.7% were couple families with children, 6.9% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 277 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Scotland Island, 97.8% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 29.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 37.9% were being purchased and 17.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 66.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 33.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Scotland Island, 72.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.