Jandakot

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,488 people were counted in Jandakot: of these 51.2% were male and 48.8% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot there were 542 children aged 0-14 years and 328 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 2,136 people were Australian citizens, 889 were born overseas and 101 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 61.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 6.8% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 30.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 61.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Jandakot were England 10.5%, Singapore 3.3%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 3.0%, Malaysia 2.4% and South Africa 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Jandakot on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 28.7%, Anglican 23.3%, No Religion 18.6%, Uniting Church 3.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Mandarin 2.9%, Cantonese 2.2%, Italian 2.0%, Punjabi 1.0% and Polish 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 83.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,433 people aged 15 years and over in Jandakot were in the labour force. Of these 60.0% worked full-time, 32.2% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.8% were unemployed. 488 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.2%, Professionals 11.5%, Associate Professionals 9.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.9%, Managers and Administrators 6.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Jandakot, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.7%, Food Retailing 5.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.5%, Construction Trade Services 4.3% and Education 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 704 families were counted: of these, 33.2% were couple families without children, 58.5% were couple families with children, 6.5% 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 Jandakot, 798 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Jandakot, 97.9% were separate houses, 1.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 32.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 53.1% were being purchased and 12.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Jandakot, 86.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.5% were group households.