Hunter's Hill (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 12,570 people were counted in Hunter's Hill (A): of these 50.4% were male and 49.6% were female. Of the total population 0.4% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A) there were 2,402 children aged 0-14 years and 3,425 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 11,173 people were Australian citizens, 3,148 were born overseas and 122 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 49.2% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 8.7% were separated or divorced, 9.3% were widowed and 32.8% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 70.9% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Hunter's Hill (A) were England 4.3%, New Zealand 2.1%, Italy 1.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.1% and Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Hunter's Hill (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 36.5%, Anglican 21.5%, No Religion 12.8%, Orthodox 3.8% and Uniting Church 3.7%.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Italian 2.8%, Greek 2.3%, Cantonese 2.2%, German 0.8% and Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 79.6% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 5,767 people aged 15 years and over in Hunter's Hill (A) were in the labour force. Of these 63.5% worked full-time, 30.4% worked part-time, 2.2% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.9% were unemployed. 3,857 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 17.5%, Managers and Administrators 10.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.5%, Associate Professionals 7.1%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.5%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.6% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.1%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Hunter's Hill (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 9.6%, Health Services 5.6%, Education 4.3%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.0% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.1%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 3,023 families were counted: of these, 34.3% were couple families without children, 51.8% were couple families with children, 11.7% were one parent families and 2.2% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 4,249 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Hunter's Hill (A), 66.8% were separate houses, 9.0% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 22.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 49.8% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.3% were being purchased and 23.0% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 40.9% were rented from a real estate agent, 28.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 28.3% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Hunter's Hill (A), 70.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 23.4% were single (or lone) person households and 2.8% were group households.