Sale

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 12,793 people were counted in Sale: of these 48.0% were male and 52.0% were female. Of the total population 1.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale there were 2,928 children aged 0-14 years and 2,857 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 11,837 people were Australian citizens, 1,400 were born overseas and 61 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 51.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 8.0% were widowed and 29.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 84.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sale were England 3.5%, New Zealand 0.8%, Scotland 0.6%, Netherlands 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Sale on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 26.7%, Catholic 26.5%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.4%, Polish 0.4%, Vietnamese 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.3% and German 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,828 people aged 15 years and over in Sale were in the labour force. Of these 56.9% worked full-time, 32.9% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 3,692 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 9.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Associate Professionals 7.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.4%, Managers and Administrators 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sale, the most common responses for industry of employment included Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.6%, Health Services 4.5%, Education 4.4%, Business Services 4.0% and Food Retailing 4.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 3,398 families were counted: of these, 37.5% were couple families without children, 44.6% were couple families with children, 17.0% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 5,056 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sale, 83.1% were separate houses, 7.2% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 38.1% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 27.7% were being purchased and 28.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 20.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.8% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sale, 66.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 27.5% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.