Parramatta (C)

Demographics & education

On Census Night 7th August 2001, 143,143 people were counted in Parramatta (C): of these 49.8% were male and 50.2% were female. Of the total population 0.8% were Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C) there were 28,766 children aged 0-14 years and 29,830 people aged 55 years and over.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 116,357 people were Australian citizens, 52,633 were born overseas and 1,347 people were overseas visitors.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 50.7% of people aged 15 years and over were married, 10.4% were separated or divorced, 6.7% were widowed and 32.2% were never married.

Cultural & language diversity

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 56.1% of people stated they were born in Australia. Other common responses for country of birth within Parramatta (C) were China (excl. SARs and Taiwan Province) 4.3%, Lebanon 4.2%, England 2.5%, India 2.3% and New Zealand 2.0%.

Of all people counted in Parramatta (C) on Census Night 2001, the most common responses for religious affiliation were Catholic 31.1%, Anglican 15.8%, No Religion 10.7%, Islam 7.0% and Uniting Church 4.4%.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), the most common responses for languages other than English spoken at home were Arabic (incl. Lebanese) 10.1%, Cantonese 4.6%, Mandarin 3.0%, Korean 1.9% and Tagalog (Filipino) 1.3%. English was stated as the only language spoken at home by 54.7% of people counted.

Employment

During the week prior to Census Night 2001, 66,202 people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta (C) were in the labour force. Of these 64.0% worked full-time, 25.8% worked part-time, 3.0% were employed but did not state their hours worked and 7.2% were unemployed. 41,517 people were not in the labour force.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), the most common responses for occupation were Professionals 11.2%, Intermediate Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 9.9%, Tradespersons and Related Workers 6.0%, Associate Professionals 6.0%, Elementary Clerical, Sales and Service Workers 5.1%, Intermediate Production and Transport Workers 4.3%, Labourers and Related Workers 4.0%, Managers and Administrators 3.8% and Advanced Clerical and Service Workers 2.2%.

On Census Night 2001, of the employed people aged 15 years and over in Parramatta (C), the most common responses for industry of employment included Business Services 6.5%, Health Services 3.8%, Personal and Household Good Retailing 3.3%, Education 3.2% and Food Retailing 2.4%.

Family composition

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 35,860 families were counted: of these, 30.7% were couple families without children, 50.6% were couple families with children, 16.2% were one parent families and 2.4% were other families.

Dwelling structure

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

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 51,433 occupied private dwellings were counted.

On Census Night 2001, of occupied private dwellings counted in Parramatta (C), 61.2% were separate houses, 10.7% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 26.8% were flats, units or apartments and 0.4% were other dwellings.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 36.3% of occupied private dwellings were owned outright, 20.3% were being purchased and 34.3% were rented.

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), of the occupied private dwellings being rented 51.8% were rented from a real estate agent, 26.0% were rented from a State or Territory housing authority and 21.0% were rented from an other landlord type.

Household type

On Census Night 2001 in Parramatta (C), 67.9% of the occupied private dwellings were family households, 22.7% were single (or lone) person households and 3.9% were group households.