Canadian

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,871 people were counted in Canadian: of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian there were 441 children aged 0-14 years and 330 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 1,771 people were Australian citizens, 123 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 48.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 5.6% were widowed and 35.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 89.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Canadian were England 1.8%, Netherlands 0.6%, Germany 0.5%, Fiji 0.4% and New Zealand 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Canadian on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.9%, No Religion 19.8%, Anglican 16.5%, Uniting Church 10.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.6%, Hindi 0.4%, Italian 0.3%, Turkish and Central Asian Languages, nec (incl. Azeri, Mongol, Tatar) 0.3% and Netherlandic 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 864 people aged 15 years and over in Canadian were in the labour force. Of these 56.1% worked full-time, 31.9% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.8% were unemployed. 533 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Professionals 8.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.7%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Canadian, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.6%, Education 4.2%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 497 families were counted: of these, 31.6% were couple families without children, 49.3% were couple families with children, 17.9% were one parent families and 1.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 694 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Canadian, 86.9% were separate houses, 8.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 41.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.7% were being purchased and 23.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Canadian, 71.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.3% were single (or lone) person households and 4.6% were group households.