Moreland (C) - Brunswick

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 39,271 people were counted in Moreland (C) - Brunswick: of these 48.8% were male and 51.2% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick there were 5,040 children aged 0-14 years and 7,879 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 32,355 people were Australian citizens, 13,534 were born overseas and 422 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 36.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.2% were separated or divorced, 5.4% were widowed and 48.4% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 59.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Moreland (C) - Brunswick were Italy 7.1%, Greece 4.5%, England 2.2%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.9% and Lebanon 1.8%.

Of all people counted in Moreland (C) - Brunswick on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.6%, No Religion 21.2%, Orthodox 10.6%, Anglican 7.0% and Islam 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 11.4%, Greek 8.5%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 4.6%, Mandarin 1.8% and Turkish 1.4%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 55.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 21,446 people aged 15 years and over in Moreland (C) - Brunswick were in the labour force. Of these 59.0% worked full-time, 29.3% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 9.2% were unemployed. 11,237 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 18.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 6.5%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.2%, Managers and Administrators 3.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 8.4%, Education 6.0%, Health Services 4.3%, Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 9,285 families were counted: of these, 39.7% were couple families without children, 39.1% were couple families with children, 15.6% were one parent families and 5.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 17,305 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 49.3% were separate houses, 18.8% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 30.0% were flats, units or apartments and 1.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 33.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 18.1% were being purchased and 41.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 60.5% were rented from a real estate agent, 8.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 30.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Moreland (C) - Brunswick, 52.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.2% were single (or lone) person households and 11.5% were group households.