Collinswood

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,157 people were counted in Collinswood: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood there were 182 children aged 0-14 years and 233 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 1,036 people were Australian citizens, 226 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 42.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 40.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 75.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Collinswood were England 7.2%, Italy 1.0%, New Zealand 0.9%, Netherlands 0.7% and Scotland 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Collinswood on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.1%, No Religion 18.7%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 11.0% and Lutheran 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.6%, Greek 1.5%, Vietnamese 0.7%, German 0.5% and Mandarin 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 631 people aged 15 years and over in Collinswood were in the labour force. Of these 63.7% worked full-time, 28.8% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 297 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.4%, Associate Professionals 8.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Collinswood, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 8.3%, Education 6.0%, Business Services 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4% and Government Administration 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 285 families were counted: of these, 43.9% were couple families without children, 40.7% were couple families with children, 11.6% were one parent families and 3.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 577 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Collinswood, 47.3% were separate houses, 19.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 32.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.9% were being purchased and 35.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 35.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 4.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 55.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Collinswood, 49.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 38.3% were single (or lone) person households and 6.6% were group households.