Sunshine North

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,183 people were counted in Sunshine North: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North there were 1,991 children aged 0-14 years and 2,488 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 8,815 people were Australian citizens, 5,185 were born overseas and 30 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 51.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 7.7% were widowed and 31.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 43.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sunshine North were Viet Nam 19.2%, Malta 7.5%, Italy 4.1%, Philippines 1.9% and Poland 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Sunshine North on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 45.8%, Buddhism 19.4%, No Religion 8.2%, Anglican 5.2% and Orthodox 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Vietnamese 23.7%, Maltese 9.6%, Italian 5.8%, Cantonese 5.3% and Spanish 2.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 30.8% of people counted.

Employment

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During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,108 people aged 15 years and over in Sunshine North were in the labour force. Of these 57.5% worked full-time, 23.4% worked part-time, 4.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.7% were unemployed. 3,693 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.9%, Professionals 3.6%, Associate Professionals 3.1%, Managers and Administrators 1.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sunshine North, the most common responses for industry of employment included Textile, Clothing, Footwear and Leather Manufacturing 3.1%, Business Services 3.0%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 2.9%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 2,735 families were counted: of these, 26.4% were couple families without children, 51.8% were couple families with children, 19.5% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 3,402 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sunshine North, 90.1% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 57.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.9% were being purchased and 15.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 57.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sunshine North, 77.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 18.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.