Daylesford

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,396 people were counted in Daylesford: of these 46.1% were male and 53.9% were female. Of the total population 0.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford there were 592 children aged 0-14 years and 1,007 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 3,103 people were Australian citizens, 437 were born overseas and 20 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 42.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 14.4% were separated or divorced, 8.8% were widowed and 33.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 81.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Daylesford were England 4.0%, Germany 1.1%, New Zealand 0.7%, Scotland 0.7% and Denmark 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Daylesford on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 24.1%, Catholic 23.8%, Anglican 18.6%, Uniting Church 6.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 1.0%, Italian 0.6%, Croatian 0.4%, Danish 0.4% and Netherlandic 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 90.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,505 people aged 15 years and over in Daylesford were in the labour force. Of these 53.3% worked full-time, 36.5% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 1,181 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, the most common responses for occupation were Associate Professionals 9.7%, Professionals 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.0%, Managers and Administrators 2.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Daylesford, the most common responses for industry of employment included Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 9.4%, Health Services 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.9%, Education 3.5% and Business Services 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 876 families were counted: of these, 43.4% were couple families without children, 33.0% were couple families with children, 22.3% were one parent families and 1.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 1,502 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Daylesford, 91.9% were separate houses, 3.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 2.2% were flats, units or apartments and 2.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 45.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 21.2% were being purchased and 23.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 32.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 53.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Daylesford, 58.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 32.3% were single (or lone) person households and 3.1% were group households.