Canterbury

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,337 people were counted in Canterbury: of these 45.1% were male and 54.9% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury there were 1,468 children aged 0-14 years and 1,820 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 6,671 people were Australian citizens, 1,416 were born overseas and 87 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 53.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.7% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 31.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 77.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canterbury were England 4.2%, New Zealand 1.8%, United States of America 1.1%, Malaysia 1.0% and Taiwan 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Canterbury on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 22.5%, Catholic 22.4%, No Religion 18.9%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 1.4%, Cantonese 1.3%, Italian 1.2%, Greek 1.0% and Polish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,634 people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury were in the labour force. Of these 58.5% worked full-time, 35.4% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.5% were unemployed. 2,074 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.1%, Managers and Administrators 10.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Associate Professionals 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.3% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canterbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 12.0%, Health Services 6.7%, Education 5.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.1% and Food Retailing 2.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 1,882 families were counted: of these, 29.3% were couple families without children, 58.3% were couple families with children, 10.2% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 2,631 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canterbury, 71.0% were separate houses, 18.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 51.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.4% were being purchased and 19.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 49.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canterbury, 71.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.