Woronora

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,796 people were counted in Woronora: of these 50.5% were male and 49.5% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora there were 383 children aged 0-14 years and 300 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 1,640 people were Australian citizens, 228 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 61.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.8% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 28.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 81.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Woronora were England 3.9%, New Zealand 1.8%, Netherlands 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and Chile 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Woronora on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 31.6%, Catholic 29.5%, No Religion 11.1%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.7%, German 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Hungarian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,048 people aged 15 years and over in Woronora were in the labour force. Of these 61.9% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.8% were unemployed. 322 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 14.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.0%, Associate Professionals 9.5%, Managers and Administrators 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Woronora, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.1%, Education 6.5%, Construction Trade Services 5.0%, Health Services 4.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 514 families were counted: of these, 30.2% were couple families without children, 60.3% were couple families with children, 8.4% 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 Woronora, 587 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Woronora, 98.6% were separate houses, 1.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 49.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 35.8% were being purchased and 10.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 52.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 49.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Woronora, 85.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.7% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.