3311.3 - Demography, Queensland, 2001  
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APPENDIX 3: 2001 CENSUS


SUMMARY, Census of Population and Housing-2001
Characteristics of persons
Males
Females
Persons
Proportion of total persons
no.
no.
no.
%
Persons usually resident in Queensland
1,741,462
1,780,582
3,522,044
100.0
Place of enumeration on Census night
Persons counted at home
1,651,294
1,708,695
3,359,989
95.4
Persons counted away from home
Elsewhere within same SLA
10,188
8,883
19,071
0.5
Different SLA within Queensland
62,860
49,461
112,321
3.2
Interstate
17,120
13,543
30,663
0.9
Total persons counted away from home
90,168
71,887
162,055
4.6
Place of usual residence five years ago
Same address
765,223
780,125
1,545,348
43.9
Different address
Same SLA
153,871
161,731
315,602
9.0
Different SLA within Queensland
431,935
451,952
883,887
25.1
Interstate
115,999
118,087
234,086
6.6
Overseas
60,089
63,812
123,901
3.5
Move undefined(a)
19,476
16,182
35,658
1.0
Total different address
781,370
811,764
1,593,134
45.2
Not stated(b)
71,398
71,263
142,661
4.1
Not applicable(c)
123,471
117,430
240,901
6.8
Age group (years)
0-14
389,430
369,971
759,401
21.6
15-54
996,566
1,019,866
2,016,432
57.3
55-64
169,146
163,891
333,037
9.5
65 and over
186,320
226,854
413,174
11.7
Registered marital status(d)
Never married
474,708
401,027
875,735
24.9
Married
697,844
703,190
1,401,034
39.8
Separated
47,918
57,417
105,335
3.0
Divorced
99,316
122,392
221,708
6.3
Widowed
32,246
126,585
158,831
4.5
Citizenship
Australian
1,549,177
1,585,536
3,134,713
89.0
18 years and over
1,126,253
1,183,089
2,309,342
65.6
(a) Comprises persons whose place of usual residence on Census night was 'Migratory and off-shore', 'Undefined Brisbane', 'No usual address' or 'Undefined Queensland', or whose place of usual residence five years ago was 'Migratory and off-shore', 'Undefined Brisbane', 'No usual address' or 'Undefined Queensland'.
(b) Comprises persons who stated they lived at a different address five years ago but did not state the actual address.
(c) Persons aged 0-4 years.
(d) Persons aged 15 years or more.


SUMMARY, Census of Population and Housing-2001 continued
Characteristics of persons
Males
Females
Persons
Proportion of total persons
no.
no.
no.
%
Indigenous status
Non-Indigenous
1,621,023
1,657,021
3,278,044
93.1
Indigenous
Aboriginal
41,908
45,227
87,135
2.5
Torres Strait Islander
8,119
8,298
16,417
0.5
Both Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
4,493
4,530
9,023
0.3
Total Indigenous
54,520
58,055
112,575
3.2
Not stated
65,919
65,506
131,425
3.7
Labour force status(a)
Employed
Full-time(b)
649,966
347,771
997,737
28.3
Part-time
172,975
335,794
508,769
14.4
Hours worked not stated
27,360
20,343
47,703
1.4
Total employed
850,301
703,908
1,554,209
44.1
Unemployed
Looking for full-time work
68,052
33,123
101,175
2.9
Looking for part-time work
14,508
24,442
38,950
1.1
Total unemployed
82,560
57,565
140,125
4.0
Total in the labour force
932,861
761,473
1,694,334
48.1
Total not in the labour force
366,690
591,138
957,828
27.2
Not stated
52,481
58,000
110,481
3.1
Birthplace
Oceania and Antarctica
Australia (includes External Territories)
1,351,263
1,387,179
2,738,442
77.8
Other Oceania and Antarctica
76,289
79,120
155,409
4.4
Total Oceania and Antarctica
1,427,552
1,466,299
2,893,851
82.2
North-West Europe
120,430
116,215
236,645
6.7
Southern and Eastern Europe
29,630
26,043
55,673
1.6
North Africa and the Middle East
4,376
3,451
7,827
0.2
South-East Asia
19,671
30,630
50,301
1.4
North-East Asia
15,682
19,073
34,755
1.0
Southern and Central Asia
6,941
6,250
13,191
0.4
Americas
12,383
12,445
24,828
0.7
Sub-Saharan Africa
11,518
11,537
23,055
0.7
Not stated
92,254
87,548
179,802
5.1
Other(c)
1,025
1,091
2,116
0.1
(a) Persons aged 15 years or over.
(b) Defined as having worked 35 hours or more in the main job held in the week before the census.
(c) Consists of 'Inadequately described', 'At sea', and 'Not elsewhere classified'.