Grange

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,083 people were counted in Grange: of these 47.5% were male and 52.5% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange there were 852 children aged 0-14 years and 1,467 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 4,700 people were Australian citizens, 909 were born overseas and 24 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 50.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 10.4% were widowed and 28.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 78.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Grange were England 5.3%, Italy 1.8%, Greece 1.1%, Scotland 0.9% and Germany 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Grange on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 16.9%, Anglican 16.2%, Uniting Church 13.2% and Orthodox 5.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.3%, Greek 2.6%, Croatian 0.8%, German 0.6% and Serbian 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 84.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,427 people aged 15 years and over in Grange were in the labour force. Of these 57.0% worked full-time, 35.0% worked part-time, 1.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.5% were unemployed. 1,684 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.1%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Grange, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.3%, Health Services 5.0%, Business Services 4.8%, Food Retailing 3.2% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 1,373 families were counted: of these, 38.5% were couple families without children, 45.4% were couple families with children, 14.3% 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 Grange, 2,060 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Grange, 67.7% were separate houses, 19.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 45.2% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.4% were being purchased and 26.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 26.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 31.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Grange, 66.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 28.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.