Henley Brook

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,128 people were counted in Henley Brook: of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook there were 258 children aged 0-14 years and 183 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 1,005 people were Australian citizens, 256 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 65.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.4% were separated or divorced, 2.1% were widowed and 26.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 71.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Henley Brook were England 8.4%, Italy 1.7%, Scotland 1.4%, Netherlands 1.3% and Malaysia 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Henley Brook on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.7%, Catholic 28.6%, No Religion 15.5%, Uniting Church 3.3% and Baptist 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, German 1.0%, Netherlandic 0.9%, Greek 0.6% and Malay 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 615 people aged 15 years and over in Henley Brook were in the labour force. Of these 62.6% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.4% were unemployed. 227 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.0%, Associate Professionals 9.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.3%, Managers and Administrators 9.2%, Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Henley Brook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.9%, Health Services 4.4%, Agriculture 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.7% and Construction Trade Services 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 317 families were counted: of these, 36.9% were couple families without children, 57.7% were couple families with children, 5.4% were one parent families and 0.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 348 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Henley Brook, 98.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 46.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 39.4% were being purchased and 7.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 0.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 92.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Henley Brook, 88.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 8.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.