Bentleigh

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 13,543 people were counted in Bentleigh: of these 48.3% were male and 51.7% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh there were 2,583 children aged 0-14 years and 3,351 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 11,929 people were Australian citizens, 3,878 were born overseas and 65 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 52.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.3% were separated or divorced, 8.1% were widowed and 29.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 66.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bentleigh were England 3.6%, Greece 2.2%, Italy 1.7%, New Zealand 1.6% and Russian Federation 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Bentleigh on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 16.7%, Anglican 14.1%, Orthodox 8.3% and Uniting Church 5.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 5.6%, Russian 3.2%, Italian 2.9%, Mandarin 1.2% and Cantonese 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 72.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,747 people aged 15 years and over in Bentleigh were in the labour force. Of these 62.4% worked full-time, 30.3% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.9% were unemployed. 3,768 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.5%, Associate Professionals 7.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.7% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bentleigh, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.7%, Education 5.0%, Health Services 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5% and Food Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 3,695 families were counted: of these, 34.3% were couple families without children, 50.0% were couple families with children, 13.6% were one parent families and 2.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 5,396 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bentleigh, 76.7% were separate houses, 11.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 47.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.6% were being purchased and 19.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bentleigh, 67.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.1% were group households.