Windale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,929 people were counted in Windale: of these 47.1% were male and 52.9% were female. Of the total population 7.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale there were 724 children aged 0-14 years and 687 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 2,579 people were Australian citizens, 145 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 37.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 17.5% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 35.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 84.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Windale were England 1.6%, Scotland 0.6%, Germany 0.5%, New Zealand 0.4% and Philippines 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Windale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 34.3%, Catholic 22.6%, No Religion 11.8%, Uniting Church 6.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Samoan 0.4%, German 0.3%, Polish 0.2%, Latvian 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 764 people aged 15 years and over in Windale were in the labour force. Of these 33.8% worked full-time, 26.7% worked part-time, 4.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 35.2% were unemployed. 1,267 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.5%, Associate Professionals 1.2%, Professionals 0.8%, Managers and Administrators 0.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Windale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 2.5%, Food Retailing 2.4%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 1.3%, Health Services 1.3% and Construction Trade Services 1.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 765 families were counted: of these, 26.5% were couple families without children, 33.6% were couple families with children, 37.5% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 1,155 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Windale, 79.2% were separate houses, 12.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 9.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 6.1% were being purchased and 76.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 2.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 92.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 4.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Windale, 65.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.