Griffith (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 23,717 people were counted in Griffith (C): of these 50.6% were male and 49.4% were female. Of the total population 3.7% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C) there were 5,844 children aged 0-14 years and 4,827 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 21,329 people were Australian citizens, 3,996 were born overseas and 88 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 56.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.2% were separated or divorced, 6.5% were widowed and 29.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 77.4% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Griffith (C) were Italy 6.8%, India 2.1%, New Zealand 1.6%, England 1.1% and Fiji 0.7%.

Of all people counted in Griffith (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 46.7%, Anglican 19.2%, Uniting Church 7.9%, No Religion 5.8% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 12.3%, Punjabi 2.0%, Turkish 0.7%, Tongan 0.7% and Samoan 0.6%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 75.1% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 11,592 people aged 15 years and over in Griffith (C) were in the labour force. Of these 63.8% worked full-time, 27.6% worked part-time, 3.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 5.2% were unemployed. 5,517 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), the most common responses for occupation were Managers and Administrators 9.7%, Labourers and Related Workers 9.6%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.3%, Professionals 7.3%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.6%, Associate Professionals 5.5%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.0% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Griffith (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Agriculture 10.4%, Food, Beverage and Tobacco Manufacturing 6.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.3%, Food Retailing 3.5% and Education 3.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 6,176 families were counted: of these, 34.0% were couple families without children, 51.4% were couple families with children, 13.0% were one parent families and 1.6% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 8,407 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Griffith (C), 81.9% were separate houses, 6.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 8.3% were flats, units or apartments and 3.0% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 41.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 17.2% were being purchased and 32.1% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 48.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 13.1% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 37.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Griffith (C), 72.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.1% were single (or lone) person households and 3.0% were group households.