Mosman (A)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 25,475 people were counted in Mosman (A): of these 45.9% were male and 54.1% were female. Of the total population 0.1% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A) there were 4,311 children aged 0-14 years and 6,235 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 20,800 people were Australian citizens, 7,576 were born overseas and 414 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 48.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 11.0% were separated or divorced, 6.5% were widowed and 33.7% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 64.7% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Mosman (A) were England 7.9%, New Zealand 3.5%, United States of America 2.0%, South Africa 1.6% and Scotland 1.0%.

Of all people counted in Mosman (A) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Anglican 29.6%, Catholic 25.3%, No Religion 17.1%, Presbyterian & Reformed 4.4% and Uniting Church 3.9%.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Cantonese 1.0%, Japanese 0.8%, Italian 0.8%, French 0.7% and German 0.7%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 85.5% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 14,026 people aged 15 years and over in Mosman (A) were in the labour force. Of these 66.8% worked full-time, 28.1% worked part-time, 2.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 3.1% were unemployed. 6,218 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 21.7%, Managers and Administrators 11.9%, Associate Professionals 10.0%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 8.2%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 3.8%, Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 3.5%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 2.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 0.8% and Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 0.8%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Mosman (A), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 16.5%, Health Services 4.1%, Finance 4.0%, Education 3.6% and Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.6%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 6,632 families were counted: of these, 42.5% were couple families without children, 44.9% were couple families with children, 10.5% were one parent families and 2.0% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 11,281 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Mosman (A), 36.9% were separate houses, 12.5% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 48.6% were flats, units or apartments and 0.8% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 42.4% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 15.7% were being purchased and 33.9% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 62.7% were rented from a real estate agent, 1.6% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 35.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Mosman (A), 58.5% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 31.1% were single (or lone) person households and 4.6% were group households.