Ayr

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 8,334 people were counted in Ayr: of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Of the total population 6.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr there were 1,693 children aged 0-14 years and 2,285 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 7,881 people were Australian citizens, 729 were born overseas and 178 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 53.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.1% were separated or divorced, 8.9% were widowed and 28.3% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 86.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ayr were Italy 3.2%, England 1.3%, New Zealand 0.9%, Spain 0.5% and Scotland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Ayr on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.7%, Anglican 19.8%, Uniting Church 9.6%, Presbyterian & Reformed 7.4% and No Religion 7.2%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 4.6%, Greek 0.4%, Spanish 0.3%, Basque 0.2% and German 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 89.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 3,914 people aged 15 years and over in Ayr were in the labour force. Of these 62.7% worked full-time, 26.9% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.0% were unemployed. 2,473 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, the most common responses for occupation were Labourers and Related Workers 8.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.6%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 7.4%, Associate Professionals 5.9%, Professionals 5.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ayr, the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 6.2%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 6.1%, Education 4.0%, Food Retailing 3.5% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.2%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 2,199 families were counted: of these, 40.2% were couple families without children, 43.9% were couple families with children, 14.2% were one parent families and 1.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 3,309 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ayr, 78.7% were separate houses, 1.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 13.6% were flats, units or apartments and 6.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 46.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.4% were being purchased and 29.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 46.6% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 39.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ayr, 66.0% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 26.3% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.