South West Rocks

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,110 people were counted in South West Rocks: of these 49.4% were male and 50.6% were female. Of the total population 2.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks there were 664 children aged 0-14 years and 1,842 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 3,916 people were Australian citizens, 305 were born overseas and 8 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 61.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.4% were separated or divorced, 8.3% were widowed and 17.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 88.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within South West Rocks were England 3.1%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.7%, Germany 0.4% and Netherlands 0.3%.

Of all people counted in South West Rocks on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 35.3%, Catholic 24.9%, No Religion 12.1%, Uniting Church 8.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.2%, German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Vietnamese 0.2% and Greek 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,366 people aged 15 years and over in South West Rocks were in the labour force. Of these 44.0% worked full-time, 39.1% worked part-time, 2.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 14.1% were unemployed. 1,972 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Professionals 4.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.4%, Managers and Administrators 2.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in South West Rocks, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 4.2%, Food Retailing 3.2%, Education 2.3%, Health Services 2.2% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 1,120 families were counted: of these, 56.3% were couple families without children, 27.9% were couple families with children, 14.5% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 1,814 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in South West Rocks, 69.0% were separate houses, 7.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.4% were flats, units or apartments and 9.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 54.5% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 12.2% were being purchased and 27.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 67.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in South West Rocks, 61.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.