Elizabeth Downs

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,279 people were counted in Elizabeth Downs: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 3.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs there were 1,311 children aged 0-14 years and 1,177 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 4,516 people were Australian citizens, 1,360 were born overseas and 15 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 43.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 16.1% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 34.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 68.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Elizabeth Downs were England 15.9%, Scotland 2.2%, Netherlands 1.1%, Germany 0.9% and New Zealand 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Elizabeth Downs on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 30.3%, Anglican 17.8%, Catholic 13.8%, Uniting Church 6.5% and Lutheran 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.5%, Romanian 0.4%, Khmer 0.4% and Spanish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,854 people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Downs were in the labour force. Of these 44.4% worked full-time, 31.1% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 21.4% were unemployed. 1,984 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.6%, Associate Professionals 2.4%, Professionals 2.2%, Managers and Administrators 1.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Elizabeth Downs, the most common responses for industry of employment included Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.6%, Food Retailing 2.8%, Business Services 2.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.9% and Health Services 1.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 1,480 families were counted: of these, 35.0% were couple families without children, 35.1% were couple families with children, 28.0% were one parent families and 1.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 2,054 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Elizabeth Downs, 76.5% were separate houses, 21.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 27.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 32.9% were being purchased and 35.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 19.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 52.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Elizabeth Downs, 71.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.6% were single (or lone) person households and 3.2% were group households.