Falcon

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,461 people were counted in Falcon: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon there were 722 children aged 0-14 years and 962 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 3,051 people were Australian citizens, 567 were born overseas and 14 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 54.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.6% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 76.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Falcon were England 9.0%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 1.1%, Germany 0.5% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Falcon on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.7%, No Religion 24.4%, Catholic 17.4%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.3%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.1%, Netherlandic 0.1% and French 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,396 people aged 15 years and over in Falcon were in the labour force. Of these 47.8% worked full-time, 36.8% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.5% were unemployed. 1,174 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.2%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Professionals 5.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Falcon, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 4.2%, Construction Trade Services 3.7%, Metal Product Manufacturing 3.5%, Food Retailing 3.3% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 997 families were counted: of these, 46.0% were couple families without children, 36.3% were couple families with children, 16.3% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 1,487 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Falcon, 91.9% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.6% were flats, units or apartments and 3.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 42.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 25.4% were being purchased and 22.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 50.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Falcon, 66.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.