East Gosford

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,332 people were counted in East Gosford: of these 45.7% were male and 54.3% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford there were 486 children aged 0-14 years and 1,285 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 3,035 people were Australian citizens, 542 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 44.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.4% were separated or divorced, 12.7% were widowed and 26.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 79.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within East Gosford were England 5.4%, New Zealand 2.0%, Scotland 0.8%, Netherlands 0.7% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in East Gosford on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 27.2%, No Religion 13.2%, Uniting Church 6.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 0.9%, Spanish 0.6%, German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.4% and Italian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,392 people aged 15 years and over in East Gosford were in the labour force. Of these 56.3% worked full-time, 33.2% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.3% were unemployed. 1,313 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in East Gosford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.5%, Business Services 4.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%, Education 3.5% and Food Retailing 2.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 877 families were counted: of these, 47.0% were couple families without children, 32.3% were couple families with children, 19.4% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 1,600 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in East Gosford, 49.2% were separate houses, 34.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 15.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 13.9% were being purchased and 37.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 26.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in East Gosford, 54.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 40.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.