Greater Taree (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 42,838 people were counted in Greater Taree (C): of these 48.9% were male and 51.1% were female. Of the total population 3.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C) there were 9,571 children aged 0-14 years and 12,778 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 40,125 people were Australian citizens, 3,075 were born overseas and 105 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 55.0% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 12.8% were separated or divorced, 8.2% were widowed and 24.1% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 88.2% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Greater Taree (C) were England 2.9%, New Zealand 0.8%, Netherlands 0.4%, Germany 0.4% and Scotland 0.4%.

Of all people counted in Greater Taree (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 34.9%, Catholic 20.0%, No Religion 11.5%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 5.1%.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were German 0.2%, Netherlandic 0.2%, Italian 0.2%, Cantonese 0.1% and Tagalog (Filipino) 0.1%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 94.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,340 people aged 15 years and over in Greater Taree (C) were in the labour force. Of these 51.3% worked full-time, 33.9% worked part-time, 2.6% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 12.2% were unemployed. 15,763 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 6.5%, Professionals 6.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 5.9%, Labourers and Related Workers 5.4%, Associate Professionals 4.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 4.0%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 3.6% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Greater Taree (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Health Services 4.0%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.4%, Education 3.3%, Food Retailing 2.8% and Agriculture 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 11,886 families were counted: of these, 43.3% were couple families without children, 39.4% were couple families with children, 16.2% 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 Greater Taree (C), 16,778 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Greater Taree (C), 85.3% were separate houses, 4.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.1% were flats, units or apartments and 2.7% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 47.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 22.4% were being purchased and 23.6% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 47.1% were rented from a real estate agent, 15.3% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 36.6% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Greater Taree (C), 70.1% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 24.6% were single (or lone) person households and 2.3% were group households.