Gwandalan

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,536 people were counted in Gwandalan: of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 2.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan there were 1,089 children aged 0-14 years and 1,312 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 4,164 people were Australian citizens, 530 were born overseas and 6 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 56.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.1% were separated or divorced, 7.1% were widowed and 22.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 83.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gwandalan were England 4.3%, New Zealand 1.4%, Malta 0.7%, Scotland 0.6% and Germany 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Gwandalan on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 37.9%, Catholic 27.0%, No Religion 12.0%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Maltese 0.5%, Spanish 0.4%, German 0.4%, Greek 0.3% and Italian 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,635 people aged 15 years and over in Gwandalan were in the labour force. Of these 54.9% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 11.9% were unemployed. 1,702 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.5%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.8%, Professionals 4.6%, Associate Professionals 4.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Managers and Administrators 2.2% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gwandalan, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.1%, Construction Trade Services 2.9%, Business Services 2.8%, Food Retailing 2.7% and Education 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 1,307 families were counted: of these, 42.8% were couple families without children, 39.2% were couple families with children, 17.1% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 1,766 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gwandalan, 96.8% were separate houses, 1.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 47.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.4% were being purchased and 18.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 65.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gwandalan, 72.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.9% were group households.