Perth

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 1,325,392 people were counted in Perth: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 1.5% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth there were 274,349 children aged 0-14 years and 267,142 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 1,132,799 people were Australian citizens, 418,328 were born overseas and 14,601 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 50.1% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.4% were separated or divorced, 5.5% were widowed and 33.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 63.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Perth were England 10.3%, New Zealand 2.5%, Italy 1.6%, Scotland 1.5% and Malaysia 1.3%.

Of all people counted in Perth on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 26.0%, Anglican 21.9%, No Religion 19.2%, Uniting Church 4.0% and Presbyterian & Reformed 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.5%, Cantonese 1.1%, Vietnamese 0.9%, Mandarin 0.8% and Indonesian 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 82.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 656,708 people aged 15 years and over in Perth were in the labour force. Of these 57.8% worked full-time, 32.1% worked part-time, 2.5% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.7% were unemployed. 356,462 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 10.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.1%, Associate Professionals 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.4%, Managers and Administrators 4.1% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.4%.

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 6.1%, Education 4.3%, Health Services 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.8% and Food Retailing 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 355,156 families were counted: of these, 35.2% were couple families without children, 47.3% were couple families with children, 15.5% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 511,199 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Perth, 77.5% were separate houses, 13.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.6% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 35.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 34.1% were being purchased and 23.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 16.7% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 41.5% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Perth, 68.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.9% were single (or lone) person households and 3.8% were group households.