St Georges

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,221 people were counted in St Georges: of these 46.8% were male and 53.2% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges there were 187 children aged 0-14 years and 422 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 1,139 people were Australian citizens, 291 were born overseas and 9 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 58.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 8.6% were widowed and 25.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 73.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within St Georges were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.8%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.1%, Italy 0.9% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 0.9%.

Of all people counted in St Georges on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.8%, No Religion 15.6%, Catholic 15.2%, Uniting Church 13.6% and Orthodox 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 2.0%, Italian 1.8%, Mandarin 1.1%, Greek 1.1% and Thai 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 592 people aged 15 years and over in St Georges were in the labour force. Of these 58.1% worked full-time, 36.3% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 2.5% were unemployed. 430 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.3%, Managers and Administrators 8.9%, Associate Professionals 7.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in St Georges, the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 9.6%, Business Services 8.1%, Education 5.9%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.9% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 357 families were counted: of these, 44.8% were couple families without children, 42.9% were couple families with children, 10.6% 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 St Georges, 495 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in St Georges, 81.2% were separate houses, 16.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 62.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.8% were being purchased and 8.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 59.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 47.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in St Georges, 71.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.