Ellenbrook

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 5,445 people were counted in Ellenbrook: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 1.6% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook there were 1,686 children aged 0-14 years and 543 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 4,580 people were Australian citizens, 1,519 were born overseas and 25 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 60.4% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.3% were separated or divorced, 2.7% were widowed and 25.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 67.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ellenbrook were England 10.9%, New Zealand 4.2%, Scotland 1.7%, India 1.0% and Singapore 0.9%.

Of all people counted in Ellenbrook on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 24.2%, Anglican 23.1%, No Religion 21.5%, Uniting Church 2.9% and Christian, nfd 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.0%, Polish 0.7%, Cantonese 0.6%, Vietnamese 0.5% and Malay 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 88.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 2,713 people aged 15 years and over in Ellenbrook were in the labour force. Of these 66.9% worked full-time, 26.4% worked part-time, 2.1% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.6% were unemployed. 954 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 15.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 10.4%, Associate Professionals 9.8%, Professionals 8.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.2%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.3%, Managers and Administrators 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ellenbrook, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.8%, Construction Trade Services 4.1%, Health Services 3.9% and Education 3.7%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 1,592 families were counted: of these, 36.4% were couple families without children, 50.3% were couple families with children, 12.9% were one parent families and 0.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 1,847 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ellenbrook, 97.0% were separate houses, 2.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.4% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 14.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 66.4% were being purchased and 14.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 33.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 38.4% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 27.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ellenbrook, 85.2% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 10.4% were single (or lone) person households and 1.7% were group households.