Castlemaine

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 6,822 people were counted in Castlemaine: of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine there were 1,258 children aged 0-14 years and 2,227 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 6,143 people were Australian citizens, 569 were born overseas and 13 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 46.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 13.8% were separated or divorced, 12.0% were widowed and 28.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 87.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Castlemaine were England 3.2%, New Zealand 0.8%, Germany 0.5%, Scotland 0.4% and Netherlands 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Castlemaine on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 23.9%, Anglican 18.4%, Catholic 12.9%, Uniting Church 11.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.3%, Greek 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, French 0.1% and Netherlandic 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,637 people aged 15 years and over in Castlemaine were in the labour force. Of these 53.5% worked full-time, 32.7% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 10.8% were unemployed. 2,717 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 8.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.2%, Associate Professionals 5.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.3%, Managers and Administrators 2.3% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Castlemaine, the most common responses for industry of employment included Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 5.0%, Health Services 4.9%, Education 3.9%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 2.8% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 1,751 families were counted: of these, 42.0% were couple families without children, 36.1% were couple families with children, 20.0% 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 Castlemaine, 2,845 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Castlemaine, 90.7% were separate houses, 6.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.1% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 50.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.0% were being purchased and 23.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.0% were rented from a real estate agent, 19.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Castlemaine, 61.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 34.2% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.