Mindarie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,675 people were counted in Mindarie: of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie there were 1,334 children aged 0-14 years and 574 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 3,707 people were Australian citizens, 1,969 were born overseas and 45 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 68.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.5% were separated or divorced, 2.1% were widowed and 22.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 53.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mindarie were England 23.5%, New Zealand 2.9%, Scotland 2.8%, South Africa 2.0% and Ireland 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Mindarie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.9%, Catholic 25.1%, No Religion 17.9%, Uniting Church 2.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.8%, Italian 0.6%, Afrikaans 0.6%, German 0.5% and Polish 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,386 people aged 15 years and over in Mindarie were in the labour force. Of these 61.7% worked full-time, 29.6% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.9% were unemployed. 851 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.3%, Associate Professionals 10.1%, Professionals 10.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.8%, Managers and Administrators 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mindarie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 7.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.5%, Construction Trade Services 5.1%, Health Services 4.4% and Food Retailing 4.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 1,353 families were counted: of these, 34.3% were couple families without children, 58.4% were couple families with children, 6.4% were one parent families and 0.9% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 1,508 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mindarie, 93.0% were separate houses, 4.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.2% were flats, units or apartments and 1.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 22.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 63.2% were being purchased and 9.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 63.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mindarie, 88.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 6.9% were single (or lone) person households and 1.4% were group households.