Warragul

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 10,405 people were counted in Warragul: of these 46.7% were male and 53.3% were female. Of the total population 0.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul there were 2,417 children aged 0-14 years and 2,474 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 9,665 people were Australian citizens, 926 were born overseas and 32 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 52.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.1% were separated or divorced, 9.0% were widowed and 27.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 86.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Warragul were England 3.0%, Netherlands 0.8%, Scotland 0.7%, New Zealand 0.6% and Germany 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Warragul on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 23.6%, Anglican 19.2%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 9.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 6.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 0.6%, Netherlandic 0.3%, German 0.2%, Greek 0.2% and Polish 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 92.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 4,659 people aged 15 years and over in Warragul were in the labour force. Of these 57.5% worked full-time, 33.3% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 6.3% were unemployed. 2,999 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.1%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.1%, Managers and Administrators 3.7% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.0%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Warragul, the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.6%, Health Services 5.0%, Food Retailing 3.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Business Services 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 2,765 families were counted: of these, 37.0% were couple families without children, 44.1% were couple families with children, 17.5% 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 Warragul, 3,996 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Warragul, 88.0% were separate houses, 3.6% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 5.9% were flats, units or apartments and 1.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 43.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 28.7% were being purchased and 22.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 22.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Warragul, 68.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.7% were group households.