Burton

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,412 people were counted in Burton: of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton there were 1,061 children aged 0-14 years and 279 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 3,066 people were Australian citizens, 975 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 50.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 2.6% were widowed and 35.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 66.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Burton were Cambodia 5.5%, England 5.0%, Viet Nam 5.0%, Thailand 1.8% and Poland 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Burton on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 22.9%, Catholic 20.0%, Buddhism 17.0%, Anglican 9.5% and Uniting Church 5.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Khmer 10.2%, Vietnamese 7.1%, Italian 2.2%, Polish 2.0% and Lao 1.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 66% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,412 people aged 15 years and over in Burton were in the labour force. Of these 54.4% worked full-time, 28.8% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.6% were unemployed. 865 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 11.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 10.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.8%, Associate Professionals 3.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.0%, Professionals 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Burton, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 5.2%, Business Services 3.8%, Food Retailing 3.3%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 2.7% and Health Services 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 883 families were counted: of these, 20.5% were couple families without children, 56.7% were couple families with children, 21.9% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 1,041 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Burton, 99.4% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 56.1% were being purchased and 12.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Burton, 83.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 12.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.