Greenfields

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,404 people were counted in Greenfields: of these 48.1% were male and 51.9% were female. Of the total population 2.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields there were 2,308 children aged 0-14 years and 1,763 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 7,555 people were Australian citizens, 1,540 were born overseas and 16 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.1% were separated or divorced, 4.7% were widowed and 27.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 77.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greenfields were England 9.9%, New Zealand 2.1%, Scotland 1.0%, Netherlands 0.8% and Wales 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Greenfields on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.2%, No Religion 23.7%, Catholic 17.0%, Uniting Church 3.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Netherlandic 0.4%, German 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Spanish 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,221 people aged 15 years and over in Greenfields were in the labour force. Of these 50.2% worked full-time, 34.1% worked part-time, 2.3% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 13.4% were unemployed. 2,651 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Professionals 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 1.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greenfields, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 4.3%, Metal Product Manufacturing 4.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Construction Trade Services 3.4% and Health Services 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 2,383 families were counted: of these, 37.1% were couple families without children, 42.6% were couple families with children, 19.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 3,000 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greenfields, 89.9% were separate houses, 9.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 31.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.1% were being purchased and 21.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greenfields, 78.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 17.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.2% were group households.