Welland

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 902 people were counted in Welland: of these 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland there were 147 children aged 0-14 years and 225 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 828 people were Australian citizens, 284 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 47.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.4% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 32.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 65.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Welland were Greece 7.3%, Italy 6.5%, Viet Nam 2.4%, England 2.0% and Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 1.4%.

Of all people counted in Welland on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.1%, Orthodox 21.3%, No Religion 14.4%, Anglican 6.9% and Uniting Church 5.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 15.2%, Italian 8.6%, Vietnamese 2.2%, Serbian 1.9% and Maltese 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 60.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 423 people aged 15 years and over in Welland were in the labour force. Of these 59.1% worked full-time, 29.8% worked part-time, 3.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 315 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.6%, Professionals 8.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.4%, Associate Professionals 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Welland, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.2%, Health Services 3.5%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 3.3%, Education 3.3% and Food Retailing 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 256 families were counted: of these, 36.7% were couple families without children, 43.0% were couple families with children, 17.6% were one parent families and 2.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 402 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Welland, 69.7% were separate houses, 11.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 18.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 41.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.9% were being purchased and 32.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 12.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 35.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 49.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Welland, 63.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 30.8% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.