Goodwood-Dowsings Point

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,233 people were counted in Goodwood-Dowsings Point: of these 50.8% were male and 49.2% were female. Of the total population 7.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point there were 330 children aged 0-14 years and 266 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 1,132 people were Australian citizens, 80 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 40.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.7% were separated or divorced, 12.0% were widowed and 32.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 87.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Goodwood-Dowsings Point were England 2.7%, Yugoslavia, Federal Republic of 0.6%, Germany 0.5%, Chile 0.5% and Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Goodwood-Dowsings Point on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 40.3%, Catholic 28.0%, No Religion 12.8%, Uniting Church 2.8% and Orthodox 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 0.6%, Spanish 0.6%, Serbian 0.6%, Bosnian 0.4% and Hmong 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 395 people aged 15 years and over in Goodwood-Dowsings Point were in the labour force. Of these 51.6% worked full-time, 26.6% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 18.7% were unemployed. 463 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Associate Professionals 3.6%, Professionals 2.6%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.0% and Managers and Administrators 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food Retailing 2.6%, Health Services 2.6%, Road Transport 2.1%, Business Services 2.1% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 1.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 305 families were counted: of these, 23.3% were couple families without children, 45.9% were couple families with children, 29.2% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 480 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 81.5% were separate houses, 2.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 12.7% were flats, units or apartments and 2.9% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 25.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 26.5% were being purchased and 43.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 11.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 56.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Goodwood-Dowsings Point, 63.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.5% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.