Secret Harbour

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 2,551 people were counted in Secret Harbour: of these 49.1% were male and 50.9% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour there were 835 children aged 0-14 years and 259 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 2,189 people were Australian citizens, 795 were born overseas and 25 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 68.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.1% were separated or divorced, 1.2% were widowed and 22.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 65.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Secret Harbour were England 18.8%, New Zealand 2.5%, Scotland 2.4%, South Africa 1.3% and Netherlands 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Secret Harbour on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 30.1%, Catholic 23.1%, No Religion 21.7%, Uniting Church 4.1% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.5%, Netherlandic 0.4%, Portuguese 0.2%, German 0.2% and Indonesian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,221 people aged 15 years and over in Secret Harbour were in the labour force. Of these 60.9% worked full-time, 30.5% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.0% were unemployed. 467 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.1%, Associate Professionals 10.8%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.5%, Professionals 8.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Managers and Administrators 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Secret Harbour, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Education 4.5%, Health Services 3.7% and Metal Product Manufacturing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 735 families were counted: of these, 29.7% were couple families without children, 62.9% were couple families with children, 7.5% 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 Secret Harbour, 802 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Secret Harbour, 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 17.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 67.2% were being purchased and 11.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 66.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 40.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Secret Harbour, 90.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 6.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.1% were group households.