Medowie

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,278 people were counted in Medowie: of these 49.6% were male and 50.4% were female. Of the total population 2.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie there were 1,872 children aged 0-14 years and 703 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 5,935 people were Australian citizens, 552 were born overseas and 3 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 60.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.7% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 27.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 87.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Medowie were England 3.2%, New Zealand 0.9%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.5% and Malaysia 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Medowie on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.7%, Catholic 23.0%, No Religion 13.8%, Uniting Church 6.8% and Baptist 4.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Macedonian 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Cantonese 0.2%, Greek 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,046 people aged 15 years and over in Medowie were in the labour force. Of these 60.0% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.7% were unemployed. 1,279 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, the most common responses for occupation were Tradespersons and Related Workers 12.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 11.3%, Professionals 8.6%, Associate Professionals 7.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Medowie, the most common responses for industry of employment included Defence 9.0%, Food Retailing 5.1%, Business Services 4.6%, Education 3.7% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 1,784 families were counted: of these, 28.1% were couple families without children, 58.1% were couple families with children, 13.3% were one parent families and 0.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 2,040 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Medowie, 96.4% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 27.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.2% were being purchased and 24.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 46.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Medowie, 86.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 9.8% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.