Melbourne (C) - Inner

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 11,823 people were counted in Melbourne (C) - Inner: of these 54.9% were male and 45.1% were female. Of the total population 0.3% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner there were 634 children aged 0-14 years and 1,689 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 5,696 people were Australian citizens, 4,367 were born overseas and 3,286 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 41.3% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.5% were separated or divorced, 2.4% were widowed and 47.9% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 37.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Melbourne (C) - Inner were Indonesia 6.8%, Malaysia 4.3%, England 4.2%, New Zealand 2.7% and Singapore 2.2%.

Of all people counted in Melbourne (C) - Inner on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were No Religion 16.8%, Catholic 16.7%, Anglican 11.4%, Buddhism 7.1% and Uniting Church 4.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Indonesian 5.8%, Mandarin 5.5%, Cantonese 4.7%, Italian 1.1% and Japanese 1.0%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 48.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 6,074 people aged 15 years and over in Melbourne (C) - Inner were in the labour force. Of these 72.5% worked full-time, 20.8% worked part-time, 1.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.8% were unemployed. 2,624 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 15.6%, Managers and Administrators 11.2%, Associate Professionals 8.6%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.4%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 1.7%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 0.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Melbourne (C) - Inner, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 11.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Wholesaling 3.8%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.5% and Finance 2.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 1,025 families were counted: of these, 52.1% were couple families without children, 12.7% were couple families with children, 7.6% were one parent families and 27.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 4,156 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 0.1% were separate houses, 0.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 96.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 11.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 7.7% were being purchased and 54.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 53.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 43.7% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Melbourne (C) - Inner, 24.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.8% were single (or lone) person households and 10.7% were group households.