Hazelwood Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,625 people were counted in Hazelwood Park: of these 46.0% were male and 54.0% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park there were 279 children aged 0-14 years and 486 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 1,500 people were Australian citizens, 343 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 52.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 10.5% were widowed and 26.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 74.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hazelwood Park were England 5.8%, Italy 1.4%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.9% and New Zealand 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Hazelwood Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 23.9%, Catholic 20.5%, No Religion 18.3%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Orthodox 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.4%, Cantonese 1.0%, Mandarin 1.0%, Greek 0.9% and German 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 825 people aged 15 years and over in Hazelwood Park were in the labour force. Of these 55.4% worked full-time, 39.0% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.2% were unemployed. 491 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Managers and Administrators 6.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.1% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hazelwood Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.2%, Health Services 9.1%, Education 7.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 460 families were counted: of these, 40.7% were couple families without children, 43.3% were couple families with children, 13.9% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 715 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hazelwood Park, 76.8% were separate houses, 4.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 51.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.5% were being purchased and 19.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 49.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 2.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hazelwood Park, 64.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.