Floreat

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,953 people were counted in Floreat: of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat there were 1,586 children aged 0-14 years and 1,774 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 6,373 people were Australian citizens, 1,574 were born overseas and 77 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 59.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.0% were separated or divorced, 8.5% were widowed and 26.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 74.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Floreat were England 7.6%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.1%, South Africa 1.0% and Malaysia 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Floreat on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.2%, Anglican 26.5%, No Religion 17.3%, Uniting Church 7.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.9%, Greek 0.7%, Mandarin 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6% and Japanese 0.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,226 people aged 15 years and over in Floreat were in the labour force. Of these 57.3% worked full-time, 36.5% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.0% were unemployed. 2,038 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.5%, Associate Professionals 8.2%, Managers and Administrators 7.4%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.9%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Floreat, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 10.2%, Health Services 7.4%, Education 7.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3% and Food Retailing 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 1,920 families were counted: of these, 35.9% were couple families without children, 52.9% were couple families with children, 9.5% 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 Floreat, 2,637 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Floreat, 90.7% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 50.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.6% were being purchased and 11.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Floreat, 72.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.9% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.