Gungahlin-Hall

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 23,466 people were counted in Gungahlin-Hall: of these 48.4% were male and 51.6% were female. Of the total population 0.9% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall there were 6,159 children aged 0-14 years and 2,014 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 21,515 people were Australian citizens, 5,319 were born overseas and 99 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 56.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.0% were separated or divorced, 2.0% were widowed and 31.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 73.3% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Gungahlin-Hall were England 3.3%, Viet Nam 1.7%, Croatia 1.4%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.2% and Sri Lanka 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Gungahlin-Hall on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.0%, Anglican 17.1%, No Religion 16.0%, Uniting Church 4.9% and Buddhism 3.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Croatian 3.0%, Vietnamese 2.1%, Cantonese 1.7%, Italian 1.5% and Mandarin 1.2%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 13,487 people aged 15 years and over in Gungahlin-Hall were in the labour force. Of these 67.8% worked full-time, 26.2% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.8% were unemployed. 3,436 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.7%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 14.6%, Associate Professionals 11.9%, Managers and Administrators 7.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.7%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.6%, Labourers and Related Workers 3.0%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.0% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 2.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Gungahlin-Hall, the most common responses for industry of employment included Government Administration 13.6%, Business Services 10.9%, Education 5.1%, Defence 4.8% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 3.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 6,525 families were counted: of these, 32.0% were couple families without children, 54.4% were couple families with children, 12.1% were one parent families and 1.5% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 8,420 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Gungahlin-Hall, 73.7% were separate houses, 24.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 0.1% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 21.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 51.0% were being purchased and 23.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, of the occupied private dwellings being rented 43.2% were rented from a real estate agent, 10.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 45.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Gungahlin-Hall, 76.6% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 16.7% were single (or lone) person households and 4.1% were group households.