Para Hills

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 9,034 people were counted in Para Hills: of these 50.3% were male and 49.7% were female. Of the total population 1.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills there were 1,817 children aged 0-14 years and 1,994 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 7,928 people were Australian citizens, 2,902 were born overseas and 17 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 55.9% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 29.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 63.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Para Hills were England 15.4%, Italy 1.9%, Scotland 1.6%, Germany 1.2% and Viet Nam 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Para Hills on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 21.1%, No Religion 20.9%, Anglican 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.1% and Lutheran 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 3.3%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 1.4%, Greek 1.3%, Vietnamese 1.0% and Serbian 0.9%. 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, 4,388 people aged 15 years and over in Para Hills were in the labour force. Of these 58.3% worked full-time, 32.0% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.9% were unemployed. 2,647 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.1%, Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.2%, Associate Professionals 6.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Para Hills, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.5%, Food Retailing 4.0%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.9%, Health Services 3.4% and Construction Trade Services 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 2,672 families were counted: of these, 37.2% were couple families without children, 47.0% were couple families with children, 14.3% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 3,372 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Para Hills, 98.2% were separate houses, 0.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 44.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 41.1% were being purchased and 9.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 34.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 6.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 59.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Para Hills, 78.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.