Brightwaters (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 557 people were counted in Brightwaters (L): of these 53.0% were male and 47.0% were female. Of the total population 1.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L) there were 117 children aged 0-14 years and 144 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 511 people were Australian citizens, 55 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 57.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.5% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 27.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 85.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Brightwaters (L) were England 3.6%, New Zealand 2.0%, South Africa 0.9%, Germany 0.7% and Scotland 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Brightwaters (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 27.5%, Catholic 19.9%, No Religion 15.3%, Uniting Church 7.2% and Seventh-day Adventist 5.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Greek 1.1%, Cantonese 0.7%, German 0.5% and Afrikaans 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 93.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 253 people aged 15 years and over in Brightwaters (L) were in the labour force. Of these 51.4% worked full-time, 39.1% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.1% were unemployed. 173 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.6%, Associate Professionals 8.4%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.2%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Brightwaters (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 5.1%, Food Retailing 4.2%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0%, Education 4.0% and Business Services 3.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 163 families were counted: of these, 43.6% were couple families without children, 39.3% were couple families with children, 15.3% were one parent families and 1.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 204 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Brightwaters (L), 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 Brightwaters (L), 50.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 24.0% were being purchased and 19.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 72.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Brightwaters (L), 78.4% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 19.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.