Croydon South

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,299 people were counted in Croydon South: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South there were 911 children aged 0-14 years and 778 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 3,842 people were Australian citizens, 775 were born overseas and 13 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 54.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 30.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 77.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Croydon South were England 6.8%, New Zealand 1.1%, Netherlands 1.0%, Germany 0.9% and Philippines 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Croydon South on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 22.7%, Catholic 21.9%, Anglican 19.1%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.7%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.4%, French 0.4% and Greek 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,337 people aged 15 years and over in Croydon South were in the labour force. Of these 61.2% worked full-time, 31.3% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.7% were unemployed. 976 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.0%, Professionals 10.3%, Associate Professionals 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Croydon South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.8%, Construction Trade Services 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.5%, Education 4.4% and Health Services 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 1,229 families were counted: of these, 32.2% were couple families without children, 50.5% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 1,563 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Croydon South, 94.7% were separate houses, 3.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 40.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 40.8% were being purchased and 14.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 23.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Croydon South, 78.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.