Gisborne

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 4,228 people were counted in Gisborne: of these 48.6% were male and 51.4% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne there were 1,159 children aged 0-14 years and 703 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 3,854 people were Australian citizens, 493 were born overseas and 15 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 60.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.8% were separated or divorced, 5.8% were widowed and 25.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 82.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gisborne were England 4.5%, New Zealand 0.9%, Scotland 0.8%, Germany 0.5% and Italy 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Gisborne on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 32.1%, Anglican 19.2%, No Religion 17.6%, Uniting Church 8.3% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.5%, Italian 0.4%, Greek 0.3%, Croatian 0.2% and Maltese 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,998 people aged 15 years and over in Gisborne were in the labour force. Of these 59.3% worked full-time, 33.7% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.5% were unemployed. 961 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 12.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.8%, Associate Professionals 8.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.4%, Managers and Administrators 5.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gisborne, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.7%, Food Retailing 4.6%, Business Services 4.3%, Health Services 4.2% and Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 1,129 families were counted: of these, 26.6% were couple families without children, 60.1% were couple families with children, 12.5% were one parent families and 0.8% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 1,402 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gisborne, 89.5% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 36.9% were being purchased and 19.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 9.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gisborne, 79.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.0% were single (or lone) person households and 0.9% were group households.