Samford (L)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 445 people were counted in Samford (L): of these 51.5% were male and 48.5% were female. Of the total population 0.0% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L) there were 114 children aged 0-14 years and 73 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 417 people were Australian citizens, 57 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 62.6% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.7% were separated or divorced, 4.1% were widowed and 29.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 82.5% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Samford (L) were England 5.2%, New Zealand 1.3%, Fiji 0.9%, France 0.9% and Papua New Guinea 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Samford (L) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 22.9%, Anglican 20.9%, No Religion 19.6%, Uniting Church 12.4% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.6%.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Hindi 0.9%, French 0.7%, Italian 0.7% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 217 people aged 15 years and over in Samford (L) were in the labour force. Of these 56.2% worked full-time, 34.6% worked part-time, 1.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.8% were unemployed. 104 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.4%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.8% and Labourers and Related Workers 1.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Samford (L), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.6%, Education 6.0%, Food Retailing 5.3%, Health Services 5.3% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 123 families were counted: of these, 27.6% were couple families without children, 57.7% were couple families with children, 12.2% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 143 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Samford (L), 100.0% were separate houses, 0.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.0% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 41.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 30.8% were being purchased and 21.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 61.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Samford (L), 82.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 14.0% were single (or lone) person households and 2.1% were group households.