Holroyd (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 85,261 people were counted in Holroyd (C): of these 49.5% were male and 50.5% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C) there were 17,478 children aged 0-14 years and 17,889 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 70,832 people were Australian citizens, 30,991 were born overseas and 499 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 51.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 6.5% were widowed and 31.5% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 56.8% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Holroyd (C) were Lebanon 4.5%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 2.3%, Malta 2.2%, New Zealand 2.0% and England 2.0%.

Of all people counted in Holroyd (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 40.2%, Anglican 15.2%, No Religion 7.3%, Islam 6.2% and Orthodox 4.5%.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 10.7%, Cantonese 2.4%, Italian 2.2%, Maltese 2.2% and Mandarin 1.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.3% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 39,940 people aged 15 years and over in Holroyd (C) were in the labour force. Of these 64.4% worked full-time, 24.9% worked part-time, 3.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.5% were unemployed. 24,248 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), the most common responses for occupation were Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 10.8%, Professionals 8.3%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 7.4%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 5.8%, Associate Professionals 5.7%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.5%, Managers and Administrators 2.9% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Holroyd (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 5.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Health Services 3.2%, Food Retailing 3.0% and Construction Trade Services 2.9%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 22,519 families were counted: of these, 30.2% were couple families without children, 50.5% were couple families with children, 17.0% were one parent families and 2.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 30,771 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Holroyd (C), 66.4% were separate houses, 9.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 23.5% were flats, units or apartments and 0.3% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 39.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 19.0% were being purchased and 32.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 56.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 21.2% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 20.9% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Holroyd (C), 71.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 20.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.4% were group households.