St Johns Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,761 people were counted in St Johns Park: of these 49.9% were male and 50.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park there were 1,210 children aged 0-14 years and 1,026 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 5,075 people were Australian citizens, 3,084 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 57.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.8% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 31.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 39.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Johns Park were Viet Nam 13.8%, Cambodia 4.7%, Croatia 3.9%, Italy 3.6% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 3.3%.

Of all people counted in St Johns Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 35.5%, Buddhism 24.5%, Orthodox 11.7%, No Religion 5.2% and Anglican 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 14.7%, Cantonese 7.8%, Italian 6.6%, Croatian 6.1% and Serbian 5.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 20.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,493 people aged 15 years and over in St Johns Park were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 21.6% worked part-time, 4.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.6% were unemployed. 1,822 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Professionals 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Associate Professionals 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Johns Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.9%, Construction Trade Services 2.9% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 1,449 families were counted: of these, 21.5% were couple families without children, 66.6% were couple families with children, 10.8% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 1,519 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Johns Park, 95.1% were separate houses, 3.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 57.6% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.1% were being purchased and 14.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in St Johns Park, 89.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 5.9% were single (or lone) person households and 0.9% were group households.