Quinns Rocks

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,003 people were counted in Quinns Rocks: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 2.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks there were 1,808 children aged 0-14 years and 739 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 4,934 people were Australian citizens, 1,879 were born overseas and 30 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 55.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 2.2% were widowed and 30.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 64.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Quinns Rocks were England 16.2%, New Zealand 3.9%, Scotland 1.9%, South Africa 1.0% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Quinns Rocks on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 25.7%, Anglican 25.0%, Catholic 19.8%, Uniting Church 2.3% and Baptist 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, German 0.4%, Spanish 0.4%, Polish 0.3% and French 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,822 people aged 15 years and over in Quinns Rocks were in the labour force. Of these 54.5% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 2.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.5% were unemployed. 1,256 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 11.5%, Professionals 7.0%, Associate Professionals 6.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Quinns Rocks, the most common responses for industry of employment included Construction Trade Services 5.1%, Business Services 4.9%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Education 4.0% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 1,710 families were counted: of these, 31.5% were couple families without children, 51.2% were couple families with children, 16.3% 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 Quinns Rocks, 2,067 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Quinns Rocks, 97.5% were separate houses, 1.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 21.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 54.8% were being purchased and 18.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 17.5% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 44.1% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Quinns Rocks, 81.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.1% were single (or lone) person households and 2.4% were group households.