Stirling

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,897 people were counted in Stirling: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling there were 624 children aged 0-14 years and 702 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 2,599 people were Australian citizens, 556 were born overseas and 17 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 59.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.8% were separated or divorced, 6.0% were widowed and 25.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 75.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Stirling were England 9.8%, Germany 1.3%, New Zealand 1.0%, Netherlands 0.9% and Scotland 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Stirling on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.2%, Anglican 19.7%, Catholic 14.0%, Uniting Church 10.8% and Lutheran 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.4%, Netherlandic 0.6%, Italian 0.4%, Greek 0.2% and Latvian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,477 people aged 15 years and over in Stirling were in the labour force. Of these 56.7% worked full-time, 36.8% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 746 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Associate Professionals 8.0%, Managers and Administrators 7.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 2.1% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Stirling, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.7%, Education 7.9%, Health Services 7.6%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 803 families were counted: of these, 39.5% were couple families without children, 51.4% were couple families with children, 8.5% were one parent families and 0.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 1,096 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Stirling, 93.4% were separate houses, 4.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 49.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.8% were being purchased and 9.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 60.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Stirling, 72.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.