Perth

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,972 people were counted in Perth: of these 47.7% were male and 52.3% were female. Of the total population 3.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth there were 463 children aged 0-14 years and 405 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 1,883 people were Australian citizens, 142 were born overseas and 0 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 58.8% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 7.5% were widowed and 23.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 88.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Perth were England 3.2%, Netherlands 0.5%, Philippines 0.4%, Scotland 0.4% and Ireland 0.3%.

Of all people counted in Perth on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 43.3%, No Religion 15.1%, Catholic 14.7%, Uniting Church 7.9% and Baptist 3.8%.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Hungarian 0.3%, Tagalog (Filipino) 0.3%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Portuguese 0.2% and Estonian 0.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 95.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 907 people aged 15 years and over in Perth were in the labour force. Of these 59.6% worked full-time, 30.0% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 8.4% were unemployed. 559 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 8.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 6.3%, Associate Professionals 5.8%, Professionals 3.7%, Managers and Administrators 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.6%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Perth, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.5%, Health Services 3.5%, Food Retailing 3.1% and Education 3.0%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 592 families were counted: of these, 38.3% were couple families without children, 46.5% were couple families with children, 14.5% were one parent families and 0.7% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 772 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Perth, 89.6% were separate houses, 8.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.9% were flats, units or apartments and 0.5% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 40.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 38.5% were being purchased and 15.5% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 21.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 60.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 75.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 21.5% were single (or lone) person households and 0.5% were group households.