Lesmurdie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,044 people were counted in Lesmurdie: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie there were 1,633 children aged 0-14 years and 1,923 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 7,114 people were Australian citizens, 2,575 were born overseas and 38 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 57.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 28.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 64.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Lesmurdie were England 14.6%, New Zealand 2.1%, Italy 1.8%, Scotland 1.8% and South Africa 1.2%.

Of all people counted in Lesmurdie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.0%, Anglican 22.6%, No Religion 17.5%, Uniting Church 4.7% and Baptist 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.9%, German 0.7%, Netherlandic 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.2% and Indonesian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,105 people aged 15 years and over in Lesmurdie were in the labour force. Of these 55.6% worked full-time, 36.8% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.4% were unemployed. 2,180 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.7%, Associate Professionals 7.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Lesmurdie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.7%, Education 6.4%, Health Services 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 2,258 families were counted: of these, 36.4% were couple families without children, 51.5% were couple families with children, 11.3% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 2,776 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Lesmurdie, 93.7% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 47.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 36.8% were being purchased and 10.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 42.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 57.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Lesmurdie, 80.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.6% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.