Vermont South

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,656 people were counted in Vermont South: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South there were 2,036 children aged 0-14 years and 2,648 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 10,493 people were Australian citizens, 3,647 were born overseas and 63 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 61.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.5% were separated or divorced, 4.0% were widowed and 29.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 65.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Vermont South were England 3.9%, Italy 2.5%, Greece 2.5%, Malaysia 2.2% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.7%.

Of all people counted in Vermont South on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.8%, No Religion 15.0%, Anglican 13.7%, Orthodox 8.3% and Uniting Church 6.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 6.1%, Cantonese 4.8%, Italian 3.7%, Mandarin 1.9% and Vietnamese 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 70.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,513 people aged 15 years and over in Vermont South were in the labour force. Of these 61.2% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 1.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 2,937 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.0%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Managers and Administrators 6.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Vermont South, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.4%, Education 5.4%, Health Services 4.3% and Food Retailing 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 3,346 families were counted: of these, 29.2% were couple families without children, 60.5% were couple families with children, 9.2% 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 Vermont South, 3,810 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Vermont South, 96.2% were separate houses, 3.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 61.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.1% were being purchased and 7.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 58.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 38.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Vermont South, 86.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 11.1% were single (or lone) person households and 1.0% were group households.