Sunbury

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 25,086 people were counted in Sunbury: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 0.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury there were 6,669 children aged 0-14 years and 3,501 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 22,906 people were Australian citizens, 3,609 were born overseas and 70 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 55.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.8% were separated or divorced, 4.4% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 81.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Sunbury were England 4.8%, New Zealand 1.0%, Scotland 1.0%, Germany 0.8% and Malta 0.6%.

Of all people counted in Sunbury on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.9%, Anglican 18.2%, No Religion 16.9%, Uniting Church 6.9% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, German 0.4%, Maltese 0.4%, Greek 0.4% and Polish 0.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 91% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 12,592 people aged 15 years and over in Sunbury were in the labour force. Of these 60.7% worked full-time, 31.0% worked part-time, 3.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 5,354 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 13.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.5%, Professionals 9.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 7.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.1%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Sunbury, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.9%, Health Services 4.2%, Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing 4.2%, Food Retailing 4.1% and Education 4.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 6,836 families were counted: of these, 25.9% were couple families without children, 56.8% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 8,288 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Sunbury, 91.4% were separate houses, 3.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 4.2% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 34.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 46.2% were being purchased and 14.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 11.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 32.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Sunbury, 81.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.5% were single (or lone) person households and 1.9% were group households.