Sorrento

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 7,357 people were counted in Sorrento: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento there were 1,479 children aged 0-14 years and 1,431 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 6,549 people were Australian citizens, 2,114 were born overseas and 106 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 60.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 7.4% were separated or divorced, 4.2% were widowed and 28.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 67.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sorrento were England 10.1%, South Africa 2.4%, New Zealand 1.9%, Scotland 1.7% and Italy 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Sorrento on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.2%, Anglican 26.7%, No Religion 15.2%, Uniting Church 5.5% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.8%, Cantonese 0.9%, Polish 0.6%, German 0.6% and Japanese 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,078 people aged 15 years and over in Sorrento were in the labour force. Of these 57.3% worked full-time, 35.4% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 1,672 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.8%, Associate Professionals 9.6%, Managers and Administrators 8.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.9%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.6% and Labourers and Related Workers 2.3%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sorrento, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.0%, Education 6.4%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.2%, Health Services 4.5% and Construction Trade Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 2,107 families were counted: of these, 33.0% were couple families without children, 57.0% were couple families with children, 8.9% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 2,596 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sorrento, 84.9% were separate houses, 8.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 6.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 50.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 33.8% were being purchased and 11.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sorrento, 80.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.