Bowral

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,325 people were counted in Bowral: of these 46.4% were male and 53.6% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral there were 2,109 children aged 0-14 years and 3,539 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 9,425 people were Australian citizens, 1,653 were born overseas and 77 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 58.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.3% were separated or divorced, 9.8% were widowed and 21.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 79.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Bowral were England 6.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, Scotland 1.1%, Netherlands 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Bowral on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 33.2%, Catholic 25.8%, No Religion 11.4%, Uniting Church 6.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.7%, German 0.4%, Netherlandic 0.3%, Cantonese 0.3% and Greek 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.4% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,434 people aged 15 years and over in Bowral were in the labour force. Of these 56.3% worked full-time, 36.8% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.3% were unemployed. 3,504 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.6%, Associate Professionals 7.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Managers and Administrators 4.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Bowral, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.3%, Health Services 5.0%, Business Services 4.5%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.2% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 2,842 families were counted: of these, 46.0% were couple families without children, 40.7% were couple families with children, 12.2% 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 Bowral, 4,059 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Bowral, 86.6% were separate houses, 9.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 51.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.4% were being purchased and 18.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 7.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 34.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Bowral, 69.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.