Fadden

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 3,295 people were counted in Fadden: of these 49.0% were male and 51.0% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden there were 790 children aged 0-14 years and 398 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 3,144 people were Australian citizens, 680 were born overseas and 7 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 61.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 2.1% were widowed and 29.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 77.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Fadden were England 4.7%, New Zealand 1.2%, Croatia 0.9%, United States of America 0.9% and Scotland 0.8%.

Of all people counted in Fadden on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 34.1%, Anglican 20.4%, No Religion 16.7%, Uniting Church 6.2% and Orthodox 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Croatian 1.5%, Cantonese 1.3%, Greek 1.2%, Italian 1.0% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.8%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 86% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 1,944 people aged 15 years and over in Fadden were in the labour force. Of these 62.1% worked full-time, 32.3% worked part-time, 1.7% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.9% were unemployed. 543 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.2%, Associate Professionals 11.4%, Managers and Administrators 10.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 4.5%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.8%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Fadden, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 12.6%, Business Services 10.2%, Education 7.1%, Health Services 5.8% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 5.3%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 957 families were counted: of these, 23.4% were couple families without children, 64.1% were couple families with children, 11.4% were one parent families and 1.1% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 1,034 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Fadden, 97.3% were separate houses, 1.9% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 0.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 43.9% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 43.3% were being purchased and 8.7% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 54.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.2% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Fadden, 91.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 6.6% were single (or lone) person households and 0.5% were group households.