Delahey

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,815 people were counted in Delahey: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey there were 2,613 children aged 0-14 years and 714 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 7,781 people were Australian citizens, 4,030 were born overseas and 19 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 62.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.9% were separated or divorced, 3.3% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 49.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Delahey were Viet Nam 6.9%, Philippines 6.1%, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) 3.6%, Malta 3.4% and East Timor 3.3%.

Of all people counted in Delahey on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 42.7%, Buddhism 12.0%, Orthodox 11.3%, Islam 7.3% and No Religion 6.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 9.8%, Tagalog (Filipino) 6.3%, Macedonian 6.2%, Maltese 5.1% and Turkish 4.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 33.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,078 people aged 15 years and over in Delahey were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 23.0% worked part-time, 3.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.4% were unemployed. 1,910 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 11.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 8.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Professionals 5.2%, Associate Professionals 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Delahey, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.7%, Business Services 4.2%, Food Retailing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2% and Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather Manufacturing 3.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 2,333 families were counted: of these, 19.8% were couple families without children, 66.6% were couple families with children, 12.6% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 2,539 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Delahey, 93.5% were separate houses, 1.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 34.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 49.4% were being purchased and 8.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Delahey, 88.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 8.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.