Aberfeldie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,365 people were counted in Aberfeldie: of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie there were 706 children aged 0-14 years and 799 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 3,131 people were Australian citizens, 502 were born overseas and 11 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.8% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 29.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 80.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Aberfeldie were Italy 2.9%, England 2.3%, India 0.9%, Germany 0.6% and Greece 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Aberfeldie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 45.6%, Anglican 15.5%, No Religion 11.8%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Orthodox 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 5.8%, Greek 2.0%, Polish 0.8%, Cantonese 0.7% and Spanish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,649 people aged 15 years and over in Aberfeldie were in the labour force. Of these 60.8% worked full-time, 31.7% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.6% were unemployed. 928 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 16.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Managers and Administrators 6.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6% and Labourers and Related Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Aberfeldie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.9%, Education 6.8%, Health Services 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 886 families were counted: of these, 33.0% were couple families without children, 52.3% were couple families with children, 12.8% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 1,277 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Aberfeldie, 78.9% were separate houses, 11.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 51.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.0% were being purchased and 18.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfeldie, 69.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.