Camden (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 43,779 people were counted in Camden (A): of these 49.2% were male and 50.8% were female. Of the total population 1.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A) there were 11,613 children aged 0-14 years and 6,379 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 39,753 people were Australian citizens, 6,936 were born overseas and 166 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 59.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.4% were separated or divorced, 4.5% were widowed and 27.0% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 79.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Camden (A) were England 4.9%, New Zealand 1.3%, Italy 0.9%, Scotland 0.9% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 0.5%.

Of all people counted in Camden (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 33.5%, Anglican 30.9%, No Religion 9.6%, Uniting Church 4.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 1.7%, Spanish 0.7%, Cantonese 0.7%, Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.6% and Maltese 0.5%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 87.9% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 22,537 people aged 15 years and over in Camden (A) were in the labour force. Of these 65.5% worked full-time, 27.5% worked part-time, 2.9% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 4.1% were unemployed. 8,735 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 12.4%, Professionals 10.0%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 9.7%, Associate Professionals 7.8%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 6.6%, Managers and Administrators 5.9%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.4% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.4%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Camden (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Education 5.1%, Business Services 4.7%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Construction Trade Services 4.3% and Health Services 3.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 12,009 families were counted: of these, 28.9% were couple families without children, 57.5% were couple families with children, 12.5% were one parent families and 1.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 14,277 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Camden (A), 91.9% were separate houses, 5.4% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 1.3% were flats, units or apartments and 1.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 31.7% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 44.3% were being purchased and 17.8% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 57.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 12.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Camden (A), 82.8% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 13.2% were single (or lone) person households and 2.0% were group households.