Wareemba

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,422 people were counted in Wareemba: of these 45.2% were male and 54.8% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba there were 202 children aged 0-14 years and 430 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 1,262 people were Australian citizens, 456 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 50.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 7.7% were widowed and 31.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 62.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Wareemba were Italy 16.5%, England 2.8%, New Zealand 2.0%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 0.8% and Egypt 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Wareemba on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 57.4%, Anglican 13.6%, No Religion 9.2%, Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7% and Orthodox 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 27.8%, Greek 2.0%, Spanish 1.2%, Croatian 0.9% and Mandarin 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 58.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 724 people aged 15 years and over in Wareemba were in the labour force. Of these 72.0% worked full-time, 21.3% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.1% were unemployed. 457 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.1%, Managers and Administrators 8.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.3% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Wareemba, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2%, Education 3.7%, Health Services 3.5% and Finance 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 402 families were counted: of these, 43.0% were couple families without children, 41.0% were couple families with children, 13.7% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 597 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Wareemba, 60.1% were separate houses, 20.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 51.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.3% were being purchased and 22.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Wareemba, 65.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.8% were single (or lone) person households and 4.5% were group households.