Cringila

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,350 people were counted in Cringila: of these 52.1% were male and 47.9% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila there were 457 children aged 0-14 years and 628 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 2,069 people were Australian citizens, 1,204 were born overseas and 4 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 52.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.2% were separated or divorced, 6.2% were widowed and 31.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 42.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Cringila were Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 22.7%, Lebanon 5.0%, Portugal 3.5%, Turkey 2.9% and Italy 2.6%.

Of all people counted in Cringila on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Orthodox 35.7%, Catholic 23.7%, Islam 19.6%, Anglican 5.1% and No Religion 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Macedonian 31.8%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 10.7%, Portuguese 4.8%, Turkish 4.2% and Italian 3.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 24.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 827 people aged 15 years and over in Cringila were in the labour force. Of these 49.1% worked full-time, 25.2% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 21.9% were unemployed. 1,003 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Professionals 1.9%, Associate Professionals 1.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.6% and Managers and Administrators 0.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Cringila, the most common responses for industry of employment included Metal Product Manufacturing 6.0%, Food Retailing 3.6%, Business Services 3.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.6% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 1.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 617 families were counted: of these, 29.3% were couple families without children, 52.4% were couple families with children, 15.7% were one parent families and 2.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 793 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Cringila, 91.3% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 64.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 11.3% were being purchased and 14.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 27.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 64.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Cringila, 74.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.