Aberfoyle Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,618 people were counted in Aberfoyle Park: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park there were 2,859 children aged 0-14 years and 1,668 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 10,615 people were Australian citizens, 2,104 were born overseas and 34 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.6% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 26.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 78.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Aberfoyle Park were England 7.6%, Poland 1.2%, Scotland 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9% and Germany 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Aberfoyle Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 21.4%, Catholic 18.4%, Anglican 14.9%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Lutheran 4.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Polish 1.6%, Persian 0.5%, German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.4% and Italian 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,025 people aged 15 years and over in Aberfoyle Park were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 33.8% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.1% were unemployed. 2,519 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.7%, Professionals 12.1%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Managers and Administrators 4.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Aberfoyle Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 6.2%, Education 5.7%, Business Services 5.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.4% and Food Retailing 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 3,332 families were counted: of these, 28.9% were couple families without children, 56.0% were couple families with children, 14.4% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 4,002 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Aberfoyle Park, 93.2% were separate houses, 6.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 31.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 50.1% were being purchased and 12.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 23.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Aberfoyle Park, 82.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.3% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.