Ku-ring-gai (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 100,152 people were counted in Ku-ring-gai (A): of these 47.3% were male and 52.7% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A) there were 20,773 children aged 0-14 years and 26,790 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 87,210 people were Australian citizens, 31,476 were born overseas and 1,194 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 60.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 5.4% were separated or divorced, 6.8% were widowed and 27.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 65.0% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Ku-ring-gai (A) were England 5.8%, South Africa 3.7%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 2.8%, New Zealand 2.2% and China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.5%.

Of all people counted in Ku-ring-gai (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 28.9%, Catholic 20.9%, No Religion 13.7%, Uniting Church 8.7% and Presbyterian & Reformed 4.0%.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 4.8%, Mandarin 1.7%, Korean 1.3%, Japanese 0.9% and Italian 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 81.2% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 48,330 people aged 15 years and over in Ku-ring-gai (A) were in the labour force. Of these 58.9% worked full-time, 35.2% worked part-time, 2.4% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.5% were unemployed. 28,983 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 20.4%, Managers and Administrators 9.9%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 7.9%, Associate Professionals 7.6%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.1%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.2%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.2% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.9%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Ku-ring-gai (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 12.5%, Health Services 5.5%, Education 5.1%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 4.0% and Finance 2.5%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 27,393 families were counted: of these, 31.2% were couple families without children, 58.1% were couple families with children, 9.3% were one parent families and 1.3% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 33,673 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Ku-ring-gai (A), 85.9% were separate houses, 2.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 10.7% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 60.0% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 23.5% were being purchased and 11.4% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 55.4% were rented from a real estate agent, 0.8% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 42.4% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Ku-ring-gai (A), 80.3% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 15.7% were single (or lone) person households and 1.5% were group households.