Christies Beach

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,719 people were counted in Christies Beach: of these 48.2% were male and 51.8% were female. Of the total population 1.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach there were 780 children aged 0-14 years and 1,678 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 4,044 people were Australian citizens, 1,596 were born overseas and 15 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 47.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.9% were separated or divorced, 9.3% were widowed and 28.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 62.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Christies Beach were England 19.3%, Scotland 3.6%, Germany 1.4%, Netherlands 1.2% and New Zealand 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Christies Beach on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 26.1%, Anglican 21.4%, Catholic 16.6%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Baptist 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.8%, Netherlandic 0.8%, Polish 0.4%, Italian 0.4% and Greek 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,780 people aged 15 years and over in Christies Beach were in the labour force. Of these 50.7% worked full-time, 32.4% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.7% were unemployed. 1,952 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3%, Associate Professionals 4.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.9%, Professionals 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 1.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Christies Beach, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.3%, Health Services 2.8%, Food Retailing 2.6%, Business Services 2.4% and Education 2.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 1,385 families were counted: of these, 46.7% were couple families without children, 29.3% were couple families with children, 22.3% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 2,140 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Christies Beach, 83.1% were separate houses, 8.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 46.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.0% were being purchased and 26.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 37.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Christies Beach, 64.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.6% were single (or lone) person households and 3.5% were group households.