Alfredton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,573 people were counted in Alfredton: of these 47.8% were male and 52.2% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton there were 1,075 children aged 0-14 years and 857 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 4,295 people were Australian citizens, 420 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 56.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.0% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 29.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 87.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Alfredton were England 1.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, India 0.5%, Greece 0.5% and Malaysia 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Alfredton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.2%, Anglican 17.5%, Uniting Church 15.5%, No Religion 12.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.1%, Hindi 0.3%, Japanese 0.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.2% and Cantonese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,289 people aged 15 years and over in Alfredton were in the labour force. Of these 57.8% worked full-time, 33.8% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.4% were unemployed. 1,138 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 13.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.6%, Associate Professionals 9.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.5%, Managers and Administrators 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Alfredton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 7.6%, Education 6.3%, Food Retailing 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.5% and Business Services 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 1,177 families were counted: of these, 30.6% were couple families without children, 56.0% were couple families with children, 12.3% 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 Alfredton, 1,560 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Alfredton, 87.6% were separate houses, 2.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 9.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 42.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.4% were being purchased and 20.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 66.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 3.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Alfredton, 75.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.