Breakwater

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,111 people were counted in Breakwater: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater there were 196 children aged 0-14 years and 321 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 1,015 people were Australian citizens, 164 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 45.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.7% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 33.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 78.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Breakwater were England 4.1%, Netherlands 2.3%, Germany 1.3%, Scotland 0.9% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Breakwater on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 27.5%, Anglican 19.4%, No Religion 19.3%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Baptist 4.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.7%, Croatian 0.6%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.6%, German 0.4% and Italian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 478 people aged 15 years and over in Breakwater were in the labour force. Of these 54.0% worked full-time, 31.8% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.1% were unemployed. 402 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 7.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.4%, Professionals 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 1.7%, Associate Professionals 1.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

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

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 316 families were counted: of these, 43.4% were couple families without children, 33.5% were couple families with children, 20.9% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 480 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Breakwater, 81.7% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, 40.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.2% were being purchased and 26.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Breakwater, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 34.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 27.8% 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 Breakwater, 64.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.3% were single (or lone) person households and 5.0% were group households.