Hoppers Crossing

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 37,003 people were counted in Hoppers Crossing: of these 49.7% were male and 50.3% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing there were 9,954 children aged 0-14 years and 4,180 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 33,018 people were Australian citizens, 9,125 were born overseas and 134 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 58.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 3.0% were widowed and 29.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 70.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hoppers Crossing were England 3.5%, Philippines 2.1%, Italy 1.8%, New Zealand 1.4% and Malta 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Hoppers Crossing on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 38.0%, No Religion 14.9%, Anglican 13.6%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Orthodox 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.2%, Tagalog (Filipino) 1.9%, Maltese 1.5%, Spanish 1.2% and Greek 1.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 75.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 18,619 people aged 15 years and over in Hoppers Crossing were in the labour force. Of these 63.1% worked full-time, 28.2% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.8% were unemployed. 7,625 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.2%, Professionals 7.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Managers and Administrators 4.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hoppers Crossing, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Food Retailing 3.7%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.4% and Education 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 10,045 families were counted: of these, 23.9% were couple families without children, 61.5% were couple families with children, 13.5% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 11,852 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hoppers Crossing, 92.8% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 37.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.8% were being purchased and 13.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hoppers Crossing, 83.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.8% were group households.