Templestowe

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 16,006 people were counted in Templestowe: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe there were 3,088 children aged 0-14 years and 3,409 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 14,235 people were Australian citizens, 5,594 were born overseas and 141 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 60.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.4% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 61.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Templestowe were Italy 3.6%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 3.2%, Greece 3.2%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.5% and England 2.5%.

Of all people counted in Templestowe on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.8%, No Religion 14.1%, Orthodox 12.2%, Anglican 11.1% and Uniting Church 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 8.7%, Cantonese 7.8%, Italian 6.3%, Mandarin 2.6% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 2.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 60.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 8,460 people aged 15 years and over in Templestowe were in the labour force. Of these 61.1% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 3.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.1% were unemployed. 4,186 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.0%, Associate Professionals 9.0%, Managers and Administrators 8.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Templestowe, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.3%, Health Services 4.9%, Education 4.0% and Food Retailing 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 4,501 families were counted: of these, 28.7% were couple families without children, 61.7% were couple families with children, 8.0% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 5,191 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Templestowe, 87.7% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 3.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 58.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.8% were being purchased and 9.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Templestowe, 84.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.0% were single (or lone) person households and 1.2% were group households.