Hyde Park

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,650 people were counted in Hyde Park: of these 44.4% were male and 55.6% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park there were 247 children aged 0-14 years and 416 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 1,489 people were Australian citizens, 346 were born overseas and 21 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 46.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 35.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 75.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hyde Park were England 5.2%, Greece 1.7%, Italy 1.6%, New Zealand 1.4% and Germany 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Hyde Park on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 20.8%, Catholic 20.8%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 8.5% and Orthodox 6.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 4.1%, Italian 2.4%, German 0.8%, Ukrainian 0.6% and Persian 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 891 people aged 15 years and over in Hyde Park were in the labour force. Of these 65.7% worked full-time, 28.5% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.6% were unemployed. 424 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 23.3%, Managers and Administrators 8.8%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 2.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hyde Park, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.8%, Health Services 8.2%, Education 7.9%, Government Administration 3.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 425 families were counted: of these, 44.0% were couple families without children, 42.8% were couple families with children, 11.5% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 706 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hyde Park, 66.7% were separate houses, 24.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 39.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.2% were being purchased and 26.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 44.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hyde Park, 60.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 29.0% were single (or lone) person households and 5.9% were group households.