Lane Cove (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 30,340 people were counted in Lane Cove (A): of these 48.5% were male and 51.5% were female. Of the total population 0.2% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A) there were 5,222 children aged 0-14 years and 6,842 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 25,674 people were Australian citizens, 8,879 were born overseas and 416 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 48.5% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 9.9% were separated or divorced, 6.1% were widowed and 35.6% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 64.6% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Lane Cove (A) were England 5.0%, New Zealand 2.7%, China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 1.9%, Hong Kong (SAR of China) 1.5% and South Africa 1.1%.

Of all people counted in Lane Cove (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 29.4%, Anglican 20.7%, No Religion 17.1%, Uniting Church 4.6% and Presbyterian & Reformed 3.3%.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 3.1%, Mandarin 1.6%, Italian 1.2%, Japanese 0.9% and Greek 0.9%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 76.8% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 16,787 people aged 15 years and over in Lane Cove (A) were in the labour force. Of these 67.4% worked full-time, 27.4% worked part-time, 1.8% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.4% were unemployed. 7,115 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 22.5%, Managers and Administrators 9.3%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.2%, Associate Professionals 8.8%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 4.4%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.2%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 3.0%, Labourers and Related Workers 1.5% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 1.5%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Lane Cove (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 14.3%, Health Services 5.5%, Education 4.6%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6% and Accommodation, Cafes and Restaurants 2.8%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 7,673 families were counted: of these, 37.5% were couple families without children, 47.6% were couple families with children, 11.9% were one parent families and 3.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 12,103 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Lane Cove (A), 48.9% were separate houses, 6.1% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 43.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.2% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 41.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.7% were being purchased and 30.2% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.3% were rented from a real estate agent, 5.9% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 31.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Lane Cove (A), 62.7% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 25.6% were single (or lone) person households and 6.3% were group households.